Charity Projects

OK...it was quilt group last night & us ladies at the Quilters Connection tried to brainstorm some ideas of where we could make some projects for donating to local charities. So now tonight, I decided to get on the high seas & start surfing for ideas. Here's some I found:
http://sewing.about.com/od/freeprojects/tp/charitysewing.htm


Baby quilts for the unwed mothers home
Newborns in Need -- Palmyra WI 4/2011
Director Rev. Karen Klatt
P.O. Box 161
Palmyra, WI 53156
262-495-2600
palmyra@newbornsinneed.org

Little Dresses for Africa
Nancy's Notion - Beaver Dam, WI

Comfort Quilts

Chemo Caps

Disaster/Fire Quilts-Fire or other disasters

Patriotic Quilts for servicemembers

Caring Quilts Nursing Home Residents

Pillowcases Operation Pillowcase - Operation Support for Deployed Military
http://www.operationsupportfordeployedmilitary.org/

Pillowcases - ConKerr Cancer
For St. Vincent Hospital & Aurora BayCare Medical Center
Dropoff Sites:
My Favorite Quilt Shop -- Green Bay, WI
Life's a Stitch - DePere, WI
Kindred Spirits Quilt Shop - Denmark, WI
Quilter's Quest - Sister Bay, WI

Project Linus - Green Bay (Brown, Shawano, Door, and Kewaunee Counties)
Contact: Jill    (920) 494-9085    GreenBay.WI@projectlinus.org

Prayer Shawls - Our Lady of Lourdes Prayer Shawl Ministry
http://www.lourdesdepere.org/
De Pere WI 54115 US
Contact: Dinah Grassel grassel4@yahoo.com
About us: We will never turn down volunteers or new members!
We make / need: We make mostly shawls, but also make scarves and baby hats. We will always accept donations of yarn. If someone is in need of a shawl, they should contact the Parish and we can work something out.

Used Eye Glasses & Sunglasses-- http://wheretodonate.tumblr.com/
The following are dropoff locations for OneSight -

Target Optical in Ashwaubenon
Sunglass Hut, Lenscrafters, and PearleVision in Bay Park Square
Sears Optical in Green Bay