17 September, 2012

100 Quilts for Kids - The Donation

The wonderful Katie at Swim, Bike, Quilt is hosting the 100 Quilts for Kids blog hop and quilt drive, along with the DC Modern Quilt Guild. Have you heard about it?

Swim, Bike, Quilt

A series of posts from a tonne of bloggers highlighting great, and easy quilts. Perfect for easy construction or group work. In other words, perfect for quick, gorgeous quilts. Perfect for donation. Rather than a central quilt drive and delivery, however, she encourages us to make and donate a quilt locally. (After having done the work for Quilts Recover, I completely get this!)

Today, rather than highlight a specific quilt, I want to highlight the giving portion of this project.

Recently, my husband and his crew had the muddy pleasure of working on the new buildings at Camp Kindle. Camp Kindle is the summer camp built and run by the Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta. Nestled in the foothills, surrounded by aspen and spruce forests, the camp is a refuge for kids and families living with and surviving cancer.

We look at our own kids and know that we are tremendously lucky. We also know that should we face the challenges of cancer so directly that a place like Camp Kindle would be a lifesaver for all of us. As one family shared with us, camp is where you can go and not have cancer.

The camp ran all summer, even as the finishing touches remain. As Hubby and his crew grumbled about the mud and hour long drive to get to work each day the first campers started to arrive. And when they saw the first kids, some with IVs and chemo treatments, they immediately shut up. That's when Hubby came home and informed me that I needed to donate some quilts to the camp. He well knows the comfort of a quilt, of something handmade wrapped around you.

Today we were able to visit the camp. We gathered the kids, the rest of Hubby's employees and their families, and journeyed to the gorgeous fall vistas provided at Camp Kindle. The camp, Foundation, and many volunteers were hosting the trades that worked on the camp for a BBQ. It was merely wonderful to finally see the place and more importantly, speak to families and counsellors who truly make the camp what it is. Hubby and his colleagues may have used their tools to put the buildings up, but it is the campers and counsellors who make the camp what it is.

And I took a quilt with me. The camp staff decided that it would be best used in the Rekindle Clinic - the on-site medical facility. Luckily for the camp they do have 4 quilts for the 4 hospital beds - donated by the wives of a local fiddle group! But when they have to change over beds the quilts aren't available.  And having extras to cuddle are always welcome.

It is such a small thing, really, to make a donate a quilt. Early on in my quilt career I gave everything away - baby quilts, wedding gifts... Then I started hoarding the quilts because I couldn't pick a favourite. But now is the time to pass on some creations. And to keep doing so. Such a small thing.









The quilt I donated is the bold and rather easy To a T quilt
Made from a pattern I drafted for the Modern Blocks book.

26 comments:

Katie @SwimBikeQuilt said...

This is beautiful, Cheryl. Thank you.

Anonymous said...

Lovely quilt and lovely story.

Jenny said...

lovely Cheryl...i donate a quilt to a very similar local camp every year...our guild gathers approx 125 quilts so that each camp member can have a quilt to keep. its so rewarding!

Suzanne said...

Wow, that's a neat camp and the quilt looks perfect there on the bed.

Anonymous said...

xanax 2mg street value of xanax pills - drug interactions xanax and nyquil

Anonymous said...

ativan online pharmacy can u overdose ativan - how much ativan and alcohol will kill you

Anonymous said...

buying xanax online no prescription how long does 1mg xanax last - order xanax india

Anonymous said...

alprazolam without prescription xanax addiction more drug_side_effects - xanax bars effects

Anonymous said...

buy ativan 6 mg ativan too much - buy generic ativan online no prescription

Anonymous said...

buy diazepam diazepam z 3926 5 - diazepam highest mg

Anonymous said...

valium diazepam buy diazepam thailand - diazepam dosage 25mg

Anonymous said...

xanax pill 2mg xanax 2 beers - how much xanax and alcohol to overdose

Anonymous said...

buy valium online buy valium com - 5mg valium to sleep

Anonymous said...

buy generic ativan lorazepam normon 1mg 50 comprimidos efg - lorazepam 1mg orfidal

Anonymous said...

buy diazepam diazepam 5 mg orange - diazepam 10 mg compared to xanax

Anonymous said...

xanax drug xanax dosage normal - buy xanax online overnight

Anonymous said...

ativan for anxiety ativan side effects benefits - ativan and alcohol detox

Anonymous said...

buy diazepam diazepam ga side effects - valium diazepam same

Anonymous said...

ambien cheap price of ambien cr generic - ambien for cheap

Anonymous said...

soma online pharmacy deadly soma kannada movie watch online - somanabolic muscle maximizer hoax

Anonymous said...

buy ambien online where to buy ambien online - ambien sleep maintenance

Anonymous said...

buy soma generic soma muscle relaxant drug - carisoprodol 350mg tablets side effects

Anonymous said...

soma pills purpose soma medication - carisoprodol 350 mg snort

Anonymous said...

order soma carisoprodol sleep - soma muscle relaxer drug test

Anonymous said...

buy zolpidem ambien cr going generic - buy ambien online with prescription

Anonymous said...

can you buy valium online no prescription valium anti seizure medication - valium online legal