| Angel Layettes | |
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The loss of a baby changes a person’s life forever. As the tragic events unfold, grieving families can be too overwhelmed to deal with the details of burial. The nursing staff in perinatal units, doctors, and Angel Layettes understand. Angel Layettes is a nonprofit 501(c) (3) EIN # 26-1616233 corporation that provides personalized burial layettes and keepsakes. Each unique layette is made by hand and acknowledges the baby’s life and provides comfort to the family while preserving their memories. |
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| Children's Quilt Block Contest | |
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Sponsored by Moda Fabrics, this year’s blocks were constructed by individual students and by small groups. Participating schools were given packets with three fabrics from Moda Fabrics, and students were required to use all three fabrics in their blocks. Quilters often assist the students as their projects develop. The blocks are judged in categories of K - 4th grades, 5th - 8th grades and 9th - 12th grades. A grand prize award is also given to the overall outstanding quilt block. |
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| ConKerr Cancer: A Case for Smiles | |
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The goal of this organization is to make a pillowcase for a child with cancer – that simple – to put a smile on their face while they undergo their chemotherapy and other related treatments. ConKerr Cancer was established by Cindy Kerr, mother of Ryan Kerr. When Ryan was 12 years old he was diagnosed with osteoscarcoma. His treatment involved many stays in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Cindy, a quilt maker, tried to make Ryan as comfortable as possible during his hospitalizations. She started to make him cheerful pillowcases. Other children at the hospital loved Ryan’s pillowcases and Cindy responded by making more pillowcases. Her idea snowballed into ConKerr Cancer: A Case for Smiles. In the beginning years the focus was to make a pillowcase for every child admitted for chemotherapy to Philadelphia’s Children’s Hospital. Eventually we had enough pillowcases to supply 3 pediatric hospitals in the Philadelphia area: Children’s, St. Christopher’s, and AI DuPont. |
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| Gilda's Club | |
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The mission of Gilda’s club is to provide meeting places where men, women and children living with cancer, along with their families and friends, can join with others to build a personal network of social and emotional support as an integral part of cancer treatment.
The Gilda’s Club philosophy of providing an emotional and social support community as an essential complement to medical treatment when cancer is in the family enables the organization to serve as a beacon for the provision of health care services in the 21st Century.
It is the vision of z Club Worldwide to become the international leader for strengthening the global awareness of this philosophy, and to advance an understanding of the essential bond that emotional and social support brings to the cancer experience, not only for those living with cancer, but also for the families and friends who surround
them.
Proceeds from Collection for a Cause - Heritage fabric collection are donated to Gilda's Club. |
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| Juvenile Diabetes | |
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Every year the Moda team comes together outside the walls of Moda Headquarters for a special cause. Known affectionately as Megan’s Modavators they walk to bring about awareness for juvenile diabetes. Megan is the granddaughter of Mark Dunn, the owner and president of Moda.
Proceeds from Collection for a Cause - Legacy fabric collection are donated to Juvenile Diabetes. |
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| Operation Snuggles | |
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There are many deployed from Wisconsin and they would like to be able to give their children a warm quilt to snuggle in. Quilts that would be appropriate for babies, children and teenagers are welcome. Operation Snuggles honors the families of their Fallen Heroes with Gold Star quilts. They also make quilts for the wounded soldiers from Wisconsin, which now number over 500. They are in dire need of 70 x 86 quilts for them. |
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| Pink on the Square | |
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We hope you will mark your calendars to partner with Old Downtown Carrollton Association and Trinity Medical Center and participate in Pink on the Square® 2008 to be held onSaturday, September 20, 2008. The Walk will begin at 8:00 a.m. at the Historic Downtown Carrollton Square. You could partner with more than 500 participants ranging from children to seniors in an effort to help raise funds to find the cures for breast cancer. Last year through corporate donations, registrations, and pledges we were able to donate $15,000 to the Dallas Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Our goal this year is $25,000 in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Race for the Cure.
**New this year is the Snooze for the Cure®. If walking is not for you but you want to contribute to this worthy cause you could sign up to Snooze for the cure and receive a commemorative sleep mask to wear as you sleep in support of breast cancer research |
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| Project Linus | |
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Project Linus National Headquarters is located in Bloomington, Illinois. National President Carol Babbitt and Vice President Mary Balagna direct and orchestrate the activities of Project Linus chapters located across the United States. They maintain a very busy Central Illinois chapter, donating an average of 350 blankets every month to local children. With chapters in all 50 states, Project Linus continues to grow. Blankets are collected locally and distributed to children in hospitals, shelters, social service agencies, or anywhere that a child might be in need of a big hug. |
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| Quilt Alliance | |
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The Alliance for American Quilts brings together quiltmakers and designers, the quilt industry, quilt scholars and teachers, and quilt collectors in the cause of documenting, preserving, and sharing our great American quilt heritage. We are committed to collecting the rich stories that historic and contemporary quilts tell about our nation’s diverse people and communities. The two main goals of the Quilt Alliance are to further the recognition of quilts and to preserve the history of quilts and their makers.
Click here for a PDF brochure for the Moda and Alliance for American Quilts. |
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| Quilt Mania | |
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The idea for Quilt Mania originally began as an exhibition of contemporary Japanese quilts at the Crow Collection of Asian Art. The idea soon evolved into something much grander, however, through a series of discussions with area museum directors and curators on the importance of collaboration, interpretation and community awareness. As these discussion developed Dr. Marian Ann Montgomery having deep connections with the textile/quilt world and acting as Guest Curator for the Crow exhibition was invited to take on the role of Project Coordinating Curator. Quilt Mania I saw eleven Dallas Cultural institutions mount collaborative exhibitions of quilts. The support from the quilt industry and community was so extensive and the visitors came from such distances that the cultural community decided to mount Quilt Mania II. |
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| Quilt Pink | |
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Last September, shops across the country held Quilt Pink events. Approximately 100,000 quilters and non-quilters joined the fight against breast cancer, making a difference one stitch at a time. |
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| Quilts for Kids | |
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Quilts for Kids, Inc. transforms discontinued designer fabrics into quilts that comfort children with cancer, AIDS, and other life-threatening illnesses as well as battered & abused children. Our goal is to link design centers nationwide to their communities, so that children in need in those regions may be served. |
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| Quilts of Valor Foundation | |
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The mission of the QOV Foundation is to cover ALL war wounded and injured service members and veterans from the War on Terror whether physical or psychological wounds with Wartime quilts called Quilts of Valor. This foundation is not about politics. It’s about people. |
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| School Block Challenge | |
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Students can use their math skills and creativity to create quilt blocks for an exhibit and contest. Teachers in schools throughout the United States are invited to enter blocks made by students in any class they currently teach. School Block Challenge 2009 is an annual quilt block competition and exhibit sponsored by Moda Fabrics and coordinated by The National Quilt Museum. All blocks will be exhibited at the Museum January 16-March 10, 2009. The exhibit will officially kick off on Saturday, January 17, with a reception and certificate presentation for all participants. Winning blocks will remain on display until August 2009.
Click here for a PDF brochure for the School Block Challenge.
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| Snuggle Bunny Quilt Project | |
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Welcome to Snuggle Bunny Quilts. We’re a non-profit organization that provides handmade quilts to children in crisis. Through a network of volunteers, Snuggle Bunny creates and distributes throw size, crib size and twin size quilts to children in need.
Snuggle Bunny Quilts wrap the recipient in warmth and love during a difficult and sometimes scary time in a child’s life due to illness or loss. Our hope is that we can somehow make that time a little less traumatic.
We welcome requests for quilts for children and their families. Please note that Snuggle Bunny Quilts has no paid employees and quilts are only available as long as we have the volunteers and donations needed to keep making them. We will make every effort to fill every request. Please consider making a donation of time or materials so that we can continue this wonderful charity work! |
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| UNICEF | |
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UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young. We work in 190 countries through country programmes and National Committees. We are UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund.
Proceeds from Collection for a Cause - Tradition fabric collection are donated to UNICEF. |
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| Young Piecemakers Quilt Guild | |
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This guild is the only known children's guild in the USA. Their goal is to teach children ages 5 -18 years the art and love of quilting as well as philanthropic endeavors. The children make quilts and donate them to terminally ill children at St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Young Piecemakers Quilt Guild operates strictly on donations as no fees are charged to the children in the guild. Everything is provided free of charge. |
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