A Dedication to Serving the Community

Scroll down to see our gallery of donated quilts!

Our Guild presently supports 4 Community Service sites: Truman Medical Center Newborn Nursery, Ozanam Residential Teen Center, Hillside Nursing home in Desoto, KS and Sunflower House.

APRIL 2024 - We received 19 finished quilts and 109 little hats this month! Thank you to our generous members! Scroll down to see our gallery! Becki Bardin, Charity Committee Chair

MARCH 2024 - Thank you to everyone who brought finished quilts and took home unfinished projects at the February meeting. Three twin-size quilts, nineteen crib-size, 3 receiving blankets, and a little afghan were donated. Becki Bardin, Charity Committee Chair

QUILT SIZE GUIDELINES:

UNIVERSITY HEALTH TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER NURSERY -

  • Tummy Time blankets - 42” x 42”, quilted with very thin batting or no batting at all. Nice if made from blocks with black-and-white patterns with other solid blocks of color.

  • Baby Blankets - NO FLEECE material; seersucker okay. Knitted or crocheted blankets made with lightweight yarn that is usually advertised for use on baby projects.

  • Car Seat Blankets - 24” x 24”

  • Baby Receiving blankets - 33” x 33”, made with nursery cotton, nursery flannel or nursery muslin.

  • Burp Cloths - made with nursery cotton, nursery flannel or nursery muslin

OZANAM HOME - Twin size of 60” x 80” or lap size for children 12 to 18 years old.

OTHER - We also donate quilts for children from toddlers to 18 years old who are being treated at Long Term Care on the 6th floor at Children’s Mercy Hospital. Sometimes quilts also go to Villa St. Francis or Sunflower House.

GALLERY OF DONATIONS TO ALL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

 
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Ozanam Home

Our Guild creates twin size quilts for this long-term residential home for teens with emotional, behavioral, or learning problems, and their families.  With a bed capacity of 75, residents get to use and keep their quilt when they transition out of the home.  Our Guild is committed to providing all residents with a beautiful quilt they will cherish for years to come. For more information go the Ozanam website at http://l.web.umkc.edu/lg7e4/ozanam/homepage.html

In September, 2018, 17 twin size quilts were delivered for the residents.

 
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Truman Medical Center Nursery

The guild contributes baby quilts to the newborn nursery. They are dispensed to patients by the nursing staff. A total fo 55 crib size quilts plus 10 baby afghans were donated in 2018.

 
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Additional Community Service

Our Guild is proud to have supported many other organizations throughout the Kansas City area, including:

  • Sunflower House - 3 quilts were donated in 2018 to be auctioned at their fundraising event.

  • Hillside Village Nursing Home - 7 adult lap quilts (30" x 36" wheel chair to sofa throw sizes) and 8 walker bags were donated in 2018.