Community Service

Community Service Sew Days

We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, from 10:00a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
at
The Plano Sewing Center
2070 W. Spring Creek Pkwy #326
Plano, TX 75023

This workshop is open to everyone that wants to participate. All that is required is a sewing machine, basic sewing skills and basic supplies. We provide all the fabric & batting. All we need is your help! On these sew days we will be making quilts to be donated to our local charities. This is not only a great way to give back to your community but a fun way to meet people while doing what you love to do, quilt! Our space is limited so please RSVP to Karen at servicequilts @ quiltersguildofplano.org

We have put together a list of free patterns available on the web that are ideal for making community service quilts.

Click here for a look at some recent community service donations.

Community Service Projects of our Guild

The Quilters Guild of Plano donates quilts to the following organizations in Collin County:

CCCAC - Collin County Children's Advocacy Center

Offers help and healing to abused children in our community, seeing over 2000 a year. They are located at 2205 Los Rios Blvd. Plano Tx. 75074 or see their website at www.cacplano.org.

Project Linus

This is co-ordinated by the Plano sewing center. They have an annual drive in the spring to benefit local charities. All children’s quilts received by the guild in February and March will be donated to Project Linus. See the national website at www.projectlinus.org. For pictures from our latest Project Linus sewing day in February 2008, click here.

The Turning Point: Rape Crisis Center of Collin County

Provides 24hour crisis intervention counseling to victims of sexual assault, family/friends. Can accompany victims to emergency rooms, police stations, and courtrooms. Individual and group counseling available. No charge for services. Services male and female ages 13 and up. See their website at www.theturningpoint.org.
Admin: (972)985-0951 PO Box 866754 Plano TX 75086-6754

Medical Center of Plano

The NICU needs swaddle blankets size 22x25.

Newborns In Need

Newborns in Need, Inc. is organized to take care of sick and needy babies and families, and in cases of crisis, to help where help is needed. A group of volunteers that meet monthly to sew blankets and other baby items, while other volunteers may work at home on items. The majority of our donations are made to Parkland Health and Hospital System. We choose them as our donation site because they have the largest ongoing need in our area. Parkland has an estimated 17,000 births per year with eighty-five percent of those born in need. PO Box 59717 Dallas TX 75229 www.newbornsinneed.org/dallastx

Supporting our Troops

Since September 11th 2001, and the advent of the war on Terror, many US troops have fallen in the war. Many quilters seek to comfort the families of the victims with quilts. There are several organisations that work towards the goal of providing every family of a fallen soldier with a quilt to comfort them in their grief. While the guild does not officially support any specific organisation, we do encourage members and small groups to join in this great cause.