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Small Groups & Individuals

Donated quiltsIn 2004, our members were issued a challenge to create the gift of quilts for charities or schools of their choice. In the past, individual members or small groups of members have donated lap quilts for the VA hospital as well as quilts for Harbour House, Simple House, Bethlehem House, and Urban Ministries. Numerous groups make baby quilts for St. Jo’s, St. Francis’ and Wesley’s Neo-natal clinics isolets and as artwork at the hospital. Many make or help make quilts for their church’s fundraisers; one member makes a quilt for every new baby born at her church. Another member is teaching quilting to the ladies and children of her neighborhood. A small bee teaches quilting at Victory in the Valley. Members make quilts to raise money at their children’s schools; and they make quilts to send to victims of catastrophes such as the earthquake in Turkey or the hurricane in the Bahamas. Likewise, we give quilts to the Red Cross and to injured soldiers who are not at the VA.

One member says, “When I make quilts for ‘charities’ or give my fabric away to be sent to the Hopi Indians or whatever, my dear quilt hubby asks me why I’m giving all my fabric away. I tell him I know I won’t get the project done for this person or that person I bought it for and I have ‘plenty of fabric’. He just laughs a very good-natured laugh and says, ‘Does that mean you don’t need any more fabric?’ Very funny.”

Pictured: A few members who donate baby quilts, from left to right: Cleo Mounday, Nonie England, Lynda Houle, Shellee Morrison, Brenda Ramey, Marilyn Kirby, Rachel Reynolds, Sandy Jahnke. Not shown: Brenda Schramm, Barbara Thiessen, Lisa Johnson, Carol Shaw.

Grant Program

The Guild awards grants to teachers in all areas of study. We have grants available for upcoming semesters. If you have questions, please call Olivia Jacobs at 316-686-7643.

Three grants totaling $993 have been awarded so far this year by the grantCommittee. The recipients are the R.L.Wright Elementry School in Sedgwick, the Auguta Senior Center, and Norwich High School. The projects of these groups include (1)researching Kansas symbols and creating a quilt to show them,(2)learning the basics of piecing and constructing a quilt to help develop a hobby and to keep the mind active, and (3) making lap quilts for a residential center for emotionally disturbed high-risk teenage girls.

To view photos of projects made by past grant recipients, please visit our Grants Gallery.

PQG Grant Application

Click on the link above to open the current grant application. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it. You may either print out the application or save it to your computer’s hard drive.

Mail completed applications to the address provided on the application cover sheet.