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5 people are interested
Make quilts for seriously ill children
ORGANIZATION: QUILTS FOR KIDS INC
Please visit the new page to apply.
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5 people are interested
We send you a quilt kit for a nominal shipping fee. You make the quilt and send it back to us. We donated the quilts to hospitals, shelters, emergency services, anywhere children need something to hold onto for comfort. You may also use your own fabric stash. Please visit www.quiltsforkids.org.
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About QUILTS FOR KIDS INC
Location:
494 LINCOLN HWY, FAIRLESS HLS, PA 19030, US
Mission Statement
Transforming fabrics into patchwork quilts that comfort children in need. These are children with life-threatening illnesses, children of abuse, and children living at poverty level and below.
Description
Tens of thousands of volunteers make quilts to be donated to hospitals, shelters and emergency services all over the country. Hundreds of thousands of quilts have been given to children since the charity began in 2000 when one woman, Linda Arye, had a vision and started the organization out of her house. Quilts for Kids boasts approximately 90 chapters in the U.S. and Canada. Quilt kits are sent out upon request for volunteers to sew, quilt and ship back to headquarters in Fairless Hills, PA.
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This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
February 24, 2017
SKILLS
- Quilting
- Sewing
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- Time committment depends on the quilter.
- It helps to be an intermediate or experienced quilter. Beginners, let us know your skill level.