The detail above is from a recently donated quilt to Core from one of our members.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Community Outreach is a very important part our “Mission Statement”.
We are fortunate to have storage and working space at the Arena for our regular CORE workshops, usually held from 10 am to 1:30 pm on the Wednesday following our regular Guild meeting, from September to May, excluding December. Confirmation of dates is listed in our newsletters.
All members are welcome – there is no fee. Please bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. Please wear your name tags.
These are separate and apart from the tutorial Guild workshops that relate to our speakers.
At these workshops, members create quilt top kits, layer quilts for quilting and enjoy the fellowship of working in a group. Prepared kits for those who are unable to come to CORE workshops are available at the CORE table at Guild meetings, to be returned as either finished tops or quilts.
Finished quilts have been distributed to the Salvation Army, Peel Children’s Aid, Interim House, Vita Centre (for pregnant and parenting youth), Our Place Peel, Ian Anderson House, and Peel Adult Day Services. Quilted placemats are given to Meals on Wheels in December each year. (Click here to download an easy pattern forwarded to us by Quilters Connection Magazine) We also provide quilts to any Guild member referred to us who is in need of a quilt “hug”, due to illness, or circumstance.
Whether you are able to attend a CORE workshop or not, we encourage all members to participate in our efforts to help others in our community. There is no “hug” more appreciated and comforting than a quilt!
We are fortunate to have storage and working space at the Arena for our regular CORE workshops, usually held from 10 am to 1:30 pm on the Wednesday following our regular Guild meeting, from September to May, excluding December. Confirmation of dates is listed in our newsletters.
All members are welcome – there is no fee. Please bring your lunch. Coffee and tea are provided. Please wear your name tags.
These are separate and apart from the tutorial Guild workshops that relate to our speakers.
At these workshops, members create quilt top kits, layer quilts for quilting and enjoy the fellowship of working in a group. Prepared kits for those who are unable to come to CORE workshops are available at the CORE table at Guild meetings, to be returned as either finished tops or quilts.
Finished quilts have been distributed to the Salvation Army, Peel Children’s Aid, Interim House, Vita Centre (for pregnant and parenting youth), Our Place Peel, Ian Anderson House, and Peel Adult Day Services. Quilted placemats are given to Meals on Wheels in December each year. (Click here to download an easy pattern forwarded to us by Quilters Connection Magazine) We also provide quilts to any Guild member referred to us who is in need of a quilt “hug”, due to illness, or circumstance.
Whether you are able to attend a CORE workshop or not, we encourage all members to participate in our efforts to help others in our community. There is no “hug” more appreciated and comforting than a quilt!
Below is a recent story regarding one of these quilts..
"While I was doing my turn at Core,about 3 or 4 years ago, a member approached and asked if she could get a quilt for her grandson. He was physically challenged and in a rehab facility to learn to walk. I think he was around 14. When she brought him the quilt, the first thing he asked her was if she could get one for the baby down the hall who had been born with problems. Of course we got one for him to give her.
At the May meeting our member approached me to thank me again and to say that her grandson has now just been accepted to the sledge hockey training team. Maybe someday the Olympics! She is very proud, as are all of us, and we wish him all the best and are happy that our gift of a quilt helped along the way."
Pat C.
"While I was doing my turn at Core,about 3 or 4 years ago, a member approached and asked if she could get a quilt for her grandson. He was physically challenged and in a rehab facility to learn to walk. I think he was around 14. When she brought him the quilt, the first thing he asked her was if she could get one for the baby down the hall who had been born with problems. Of course we got one for him to give her.
At the May meeting our member approached me to thank me again and to say that her grandson has now just been accepted to the sledge hockey training team. Maybe someday the Olympics! She is very proud, as are all of us, and we wish him all the best and are happy that our gift of a quilt helped along the way."
Pat C.
We continue to accept “Izzy Dolls” (pattern available) for the Children’s Aid.
We continue to accept “Izzy Dolls” (pattern available) for the Children’s Aid.
