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Giving Back to Our CommunityAs a 501(c)3 Charitable organization we consider giving back to our community essential. Guild members donate not only financially to the community but donate numerous hours through-out the year by the education of quilt making or by giving home-made goodies. Click HERE to make a Donation for Community Service projects. Hopes and Dreams ALS Challenge form Giving Bee Giving Bee Contact: Mary Ann Learned and Cyndi McNeill The Giving Bee meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at Pollard United Methodist Church, 3030 New Copeland Rd, Tyler, TX. This group meets to work on Community Service projects. This includes Cuddle Quilts, Quilts of Valor, and Pillowcases. Kits, batting, and pillowcase kits are provided. Bring yourself and your machine. See more information about the Bee (here). We hope to see you at the Giving Bee! |
Cuddle Quilts Cuddle Quilts Contact: Mary Ann Learned Cuddle Quilts make donation quilts for several different non-profit organizations in Smith County. A few of the organizations our quilts have benefitted are The Children’s Advocacy Center of Smith County, Refuge of Light, CASA, and Royal Family Kids to name a few. The Cuddle Quilts group is open to any guild member who would like to participate in making quilts for donations. The group provides quilt kits at our monthly meetings for you to take home to put together. The group welcomes any fabric donations and batting donations. Child Protective Services Pillowcases Contact: Lea Weismer These pillowcases are donated to Child Protectives Services. We are asking for donations of 1 yard of "kid friendly" fabric from toddler to teenager to help us make more pillowcases. Please drop off your donations at the Community Service table at our next Guild meeting. The pattern for the pillowcase is here. |
Quilts of Valor Contact: Pat Graham The Mission of the Quilts of Valor® Foundation is to cover Service Members and Veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor. The Quilters Guild of East Texas is proud to work with Quilts of Valor Foundation to award quilts to veterans and active service people in the East Texas area. We have awarded 24 in 5 ceremonies so far in 2025. Since we began awarding in Fall of 2022, we have honored 278 in 59 ceremonies. We have 43 nominations to Award with 17 being Watkins-Logan veterans. We don’t have enough quilts made to schedule them. QOV Quilt sizes – recommended size 60” x 80”. No smaller than 55” wide and 72” long and maximum length 90” WE are also making small quilts 36” by 46” (to cover their legs and laps on the plane or if in a wheelchair for the Brookshire’s Heroes Flights to D.C. in October. We need 25 for this flight. Please contact Pat Graham (pat@grahamfirm.net) for more information on how you can participate in this highly worthwhile endeavor. Upcoming Awards: Next QOV Sew Day – June 2, 2025 – 9:00 to 3:00 at Our Saviour Lutheran Church on Kinsey Dr. June 7, 2025 - 12:00 to 3:00 – Women’s Veterans Banquet – Soules College of Business – UT Tyler June 9, 2025 - 12 Noon - QOV Ceremony at the VA Clinic July 5 – American Freedom Museum – 1:30 p.m. July 17 – The Hampton’s – Patriotic Dinner - Dining Room- 6:00 p.m. Date to be Determined – VA Clinic – 4 to award June 14, 2025 - 1:30 p.m. - American Freedom Museum, Bullard, TXSept. 5, 2025 -? – CMA Rally GABC South, Flint, TX Nov. 12, 2025 - 10:00 a.m. - ? - Brook Hill School Veterans Chapel QOV Ceremony, Bullard, TX The next Quilts of Valor sew day can be found on the Website (here) |