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Lakeview Quilters Guild serves our community through charitable activities involving quilting

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Each year the guild selects a local organization to receive and distribute quilts made by our members.  We make one to two hundred quilts.  In addition to the selected organization the guild usually makes one to two large quilts for other charities to auction, and we donate sundries to various charitable groups.


2010

For the calendar year 2010, our guild has designated four deserving organizations as recipients of our quilts of comfort:

We hope to receive at least one quilt from each guild member; we currently have around 300 members, and know that the generosity of our members is amazing.  These quilts touch the hearts and hands of many throughout their creation.  As in the past, each month, guild members bring fabric for kits, kits for members to sew, completed tops for quilters to quilt, quilts that are ready to have the binding applied, and finished quilts; these are picked up and dropped off at the community service table during the monthly guild meetings.  We are thankful for the support the guild members provide to this worthy cause.

Community Service Quilt Sizes
 We gladly accept community service quilts of any size.
Using 8" squares (7.5" finished) the suggested sizes are:
6x8 = 45" x 60" (for The Rose & D'Feet)
5x7 = 37.5" x 52.5" (for children at Bay Area Turning Point)
10x12 = 77" x 90" (twin size for Brooke Army Medical Center)

Remember, we gladly accept community service quilts of any size.


2009

For the calendar year 2009, our guild provided quilts of comfort to three very deserving organizations:  The Rose, Bay Area Turning Point, and Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.  Quilts were presented to these organizations throughout the year.  In addition, members made gowns, caps, and mitts for premature babies, and toiletry items were donated to Bay Area Turning Point.  Also, a quilt was donated to St. Paul Catholic Church in Nassau Bay.

2008

For the calendar year 2008, our guild provided quilts of comfort to the following four deserving organizations: 

  • The Rose, a non-profit organization that provides breast cancer screening, diagnosis and support; in 2008 they received 118 quilts. 

  • The Bay Area Turning Point, a local organization devoted to empowering survivors of family violence, sexual assault, and displacement; in 2008, they received 105 quilts plus an assortment of toiletry items.

  • St. Mary's Church in League City received 12 quilts; they were donated for use by the youth who were taken in by the church for the school year, following the destruction caused by Hurricane Ike.

  • The soldiers recuperating at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, received 30 quilts to provide comfort and warmth.

Completed quilts were presented to the designated organizations throughout the year.  In addition, a quilt was donated to St. Paul Catholic Church in Nassau Bay for providing the guild with meeting places throughout the year.
 

2007

The primary recipient of our 2007 community service quilts was The Rose, a non-profit organization that provides breast cancer screening, diagnosis and support.  You can visit their web site at www.the-rose.org.  During 2007, members made and donated 209 quilts, 5 knitted or crocheted afghans/throws, and 2 fleece blankets.  These items were all donated to The Rose, except 8 quilts that were given to the Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, Texas. 

In addition to the quilts and throws, our members donated gowns, knitted caps, and mitts for premature babies; and numerous toiletry articles were donated to the Bay Area Turning Point, a local organization devoted to empowering survivors of family violence, sexual assault, and displacement. 

A quilt was donated to St. Paul Catholic Church in Nassau Bay, and guild members assembled and quilted a number of quilts for Bo's Place


2006

The primary recipient of our 2006 community service quilts was The Rose, a non-profit organization for breast cancer screening, diagnosis and support.  Our members made and donated 129 quilts, 9 afghans, and 2 wool blankets to The Rose.  We also donated 8 quilts to the Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, numerous bags of toiletries for Bay Area Turning Point, and at least 8 preemie caps for premature babies.

A quilt was donated to St. Paul Catholic Church.

Our members continue to assemble quilts for Bo's Place.

2005

The primary recipient of our 2005 community service quilts was The Rose, a non-profit organization for breast cancer screening, diagnosis and support.  Our members made and donated 200 quilts to The Rose. You can visit their web site at www.the-rose.org

A quilt was assembled for donation to St. Paul Catholic Church.

A quilt was donated to Interfaith Caring Ministries for their annual fund-raiser.  The quilt was auctioned at the ICM Festival of Trees.

Our members continue to assemble quilts for Bo's Place.

2004

The primary recipient of our 2004 community service quilts was The Rose, a non-profit organization for breast cancer screening, diagnosis and support.  Our members made and donated 163 quilts to The Rose.  You can visit their web site at www.the-rose.org

The guild donated $750 to the Clear Lake City - County Freeman Branch Library for the purchase of quilting books.  Click here for a larger photo.
A quilt was donated to St. Paul Catholic Church for their 40th Anniversary.  A quilt has been completed for St. Paul's February 2005 Auction.

A quilt was donated to Interfaith Caring Ministries for their annual fund-raiser.  The quilt was auctioned at the ICM Festival of Trees.

Our members assembled 17 quilts for Bo's Place. 
 

2003

Our members made and donated 205 quilts for community service.  

The primary recipient of our 2003 community service quilts was Bay Area Turning Point You can visit their web site at www.bayareaturningpoint.org

This quilt was donated to Interfaith Caring Ministries for their annual fund-raiser.  The quilt was auctioned at the ICM Festival of Trees.  Click on picture for larger view.

Preemie gowns were made and delivered to UTMB/Galveston for the Premature Infant Intensive Care Unit.

After the Columbia tragedy, members met and constructed quilts for the children of the seven astronauts.  14 quilts were completed in record time and given to the children in memory of their parent.

A quilt was donated to St. Paul Catholic Church for their Feast Day Auction.  A second quilt was donated for St. Paul's February 2004 Auction.

A guild member donated a bed size quilt to Boys and Girls Harbor for their fund-raiser.

The guild approved a donation to support the mini-class in quilting offered for students in the Webster Academy of Visions and Education (WAVE) program at Webster Intermediate School in Clear Creek Independent School District.

The guild approved the purchase quilting books for donation to the Freeman Memorial Library.


2002

Guild membership again voted to support Bay Area Turning Point with donation quilts and personal care toiletries.

Members donated 178 Community Service quilts to Bay Area Turning Point.

Fabric was provided to Clear Lake Intermediate School math department for a mini-math class on designing and constructing quilts using mathematics. The students made 18 quilt tops.  The tops were quilted by our members and donated to Bay Area Turning Point.

Two quilts was donated to St. Paul Catholic Church for their fund-raising activities.

Preemie were made and delivered to UTMB/Galveston for the Premature Infant Intensive Care Unit.

25 members participated in the construction of a quilt for InterFaith Caring Ministries' Festival of Trees.  The quilt brought a whopping $3,500 at auction.  


2001

The membership selected Bay Area Turning Point as the recipient for donation quilts made by our members.

165 quilts were donated to Bay Area Turning Point.

Many bags of soaps, shampoo and toilet articles were collected at each meeting and taken to Bay Area Turning Point for the residents.

The guild assisted Inter Faith Caring Ministry with food and a toy drive before the Christmas Holidays.

A quilt was donated to Inner Faith Caring Ministry for their annual Christmas Auction.

A Christmas tree was decorated for Inner Faith Caring Ministry's annual fund raising function "Dinner Among the Trees".


2000

One hundred sixty-eight quilts were donated to Project Linus and delivered to Texas Children's and Herman Children's Hospital.

Twenty quilts were donated to Harborview Assisted Living.

A queen sized quilt was donated to St. Paul Catholic Church for their annual auction. 

Thirty-six preemie gowns were sewn by Guild members and delivered to UTMB/Galveston Premature Infant Intensive Care Unit.

Wheelchair bags were sewn by guild members and delivered to various nursing homes.

Two hundred seventy miniature quilts and a quilted angel tree topper were constructed by guild members and used to decorate a tree for Inner Faith Caring Ministry's annual Christmas dinner and auction.

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