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Community Outreach

Community Outreach Committee has many projects:

•  Brings Northwest Quilters to community programs, including schools, fairs, and special community events.  

•  Supports veterans in our community through the Christmas Stocking program, which includes sewing stockings from kits cut by our volunteers; collecting "stuffers" for those stockings from a designated list; and sewing pillowcases from kits distributed during the autumn.  All these items are distributed through community agencies in November-December. 

•  Supports the Quilts of Valor® Foundation by making and awarding patriotic quilts to active military and living veterans touched by war. Learn more here. 


•  Coordinates NWQ participation in the year-round Kids' Pillowcase Project, which collects standard-sized individually made pillowcases for long-term hospitalized kids (up to age 18) at OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital.  Use your own kid-friendly 100% cotton fabric or sew up a kit available at general meetings. Contact Gail Planck for information.

Northwest Quilters Community Outreach Summary
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025

 Quilts of Valor®
Honors active service members and veterans touched by
war. (60” x 80” or larger twin size) 		 92 quilts each with a
presentation case 
Salvation Army Veterans & Family Center, Beaverton
Transitional housing center providing a therapeutic
environment for veterans and their families.
*”stuffers” include 120 pairs men’s socks, 32 pairs women’s
and children’s socks, 2 large bag toiletries; 1 box of art supplies;
1 bag full of hats and gloves; 2 boxes of games,
books, and toys; 2 boxes of individually wrapped snacks and
drinks; and 1 box of homemade or purchased gifts.		 142 Christmas stockings
72 pillowcases

12 boxes/bags of
stocking “stuffers”* 
 OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Services		  128 pillowcases

For more information – Community Outreach Committee