Donations

Community Involvement through Quilts

One key constitutional goal of the BMQG is to encourage our members to make quilts for donation to our community. The Donation Committee oversees the receiving and recording of the many donations each month. The Donations Committee will select a small number of recipient organizations for the majority of the donation quilts each year. If you can contribute a quilt towards reaching this goal your donated quilt will truly be appreciated by the recipient organization.

We welcome donations to other causes, however, there are a limited number of organizations that the Donation Committee can hold for and deliver quilts to. If you have another recipient organization in mind, please register the donation towards our goal, and ensure the Guild label is attached. You may be responsible for ensuring the item gets to your chosen recipient organization.

Members are encouraged to make at minimum one quilt each year for donation. For each quilt with a BMQG label attached that a member donates to a community organization their name is placed in a draw for a free one year Guild membership.

Over the years many regional emergency situations spark an outpouring of quilts which the guild has assisted in getting to the key personnel for local distribution. Sometimes in life we all need a quilted hug.

Current Guild Sponsored Groups include:

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
One facility which many quilters donate to is the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Royal Columbian Hospital. This unit provides specialized acute care services to ill or premature newborn babies. The quilts for this unit need to be special – and we provide backing and batting for these quilts if you need it. We ask you for a deposit of $5 which will be returned when you hand in your quilt

Preemie Quilts for the NICU
36″ x 36″ (approximately)
• 100% cotton fabrics (pre-washed and dried)
• Flannelette backing (pre-shrunk)
• Polyester or pre-washed cotton batting
• Top may be pieced or appliqued (hand or machine), quilting by hand or machine, use cotton thread only
• DO NOT USE invisible thread or tie quilt
• Label (available from the donations table at the monthly meetings – guild name and address)

Incubator covers for the NICU

Incubator pads: 18″ x 24″ using pre-washed flannelette on front and back; with batting provided by guild can be bound or sewed together, turned and stitched closed then machine or hand quilted.

Stabilizers: 9″ x 24″ using baby yarn and a “stretchy” stitch

We also accept preemie toques for delivery to the NICU.
BMQG Preemie Toque

Octopus pattern Please use Handicrafter Cotton Yarn, no embellishments i.e. eyes, bows buttons, etc

Aunt Bea’s Closet

Description to be announced.

Crossroads Hospice

http://www.crossroadshospice.bc.ca/

Crossroads Hospice Society offers compassionate support to those affected by the end of the life experience while honouring their dignity.
Crossroads is located in Ioco, and we have been supporting them from the beginning. Originally we supplied them with wall quilts to cover some empty walls when they opened the hospice, and now they are asking for large lap or single bed quilts approximately 50” x 68” for placing on top of the bed spreads. The Hospice is a warm and homelike setting and quilts can add to the homelike setting as well as provide warmth and comfort to the patients and their visitors.

Royal Canadian Legion, Port Coquitlam & Port Moody Branches

The Royal Canadian Legions exist to provide assistance for our Canadian veterans. They are very thankful for any quilts that we can donate whether they be wheelchair, lap or bed size. They currently have veterans suffering from PTSD (post-traumatic stress syndrome) that would benefit from the warmth and comfort our quilts can provide. There is also a need for generous sized lap quilts that could be used to provide temporary warmth for an injured veteran who is waiting for an ambulance to respond.

Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion

‘BACI is a non-profit organization that provides innovative resources for families caring for children, youth and adults with developmental disabilities within Metro Vancouver. BACI would appreciate any donations of baby, lap or bed sized quilts that would provide comfort for their clients.’

Lap Quilts
• 30″ x 60″ (approximately)
• 100% cotton fabrics (pre-washed and dried)
• Polyester or pre-washed cotton batting
• Top may be pieced or appliqued
• Quilting by hand or machine
• May wish to consider “machine” method for strength
• Label (signature, date and Guild name and address)

Current donation total (since 2003)