One of the objectives of our Guild is, wherever possible, to support requests from community organizations to provide quilted items for charity or to be used for their fundraising activities. The following are some examples of our support in recent years:
- Keystone Residential Program for Teens at Risk
- Quilts for individual families who have been victims of fires or other tragedies
- Bluewater Youth & Adult Services
- South West Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre
- Owen Sound Animal Shelter pet beds
- Quilts for Oncology patients
- Quilts for Habitat for Humanity
- Grey Bruce Children & Family Services face masks & pillowcases
- Quilts for veterans and Quilts of Valour
- Day Away Program (Lee Manor)
- Sensory activity quilts for Summit Place & Alzheimer Society
- Keystone Healthy Baby Program
- Baby quilts for Baby Love Basket Program run by Alliance Church in partnership with Grey Bruce Health
- Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit covers for incubators and babies
- Teen Mental Health Program at Grey Bruce Regional Health Centre
Community Quilts Photos
Quilt Size Information for Members:
Baby Quilts not smaller than 40 x 40 inches please
Isolette Covers – 39 x 50 inches. This needs to be pretty exact to fit the units. All cotton required. (This means cotton batting, and NOT flannelette).
Wheelchair Lap Quilts – at least 38 x 40 inches
Oncology Quilts – 50 x 70 inches.
For the larger quilts:
These sizes are a guide but if the quilt is a little bigger or smaller, that’s okay.
Twin Bed – 60 x 80 inches
Double Bed – 80 x 90 inches
Queen Size – 85 x 95 inches