COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE |
NMQA members donate more than 500 quilts per year to Albuquerque’s sick and needy children and adults. Community Service is a cornerstone of the organization! Our mission is to give the gift of warmth and love through beautiful handmade, lap-sized quilts. 2024 was a great year for community service with 654 quilts distributed to: Safe House Shelter Valencia County Shelters Cuidando Los Ninos New Mexico Kids Matter University of New Mexico Hospital Carrie Tingley Hospital Veterans Administration Hospitals 2025 year to-date quilts completed: 54 as of January 31, 2025 84 as of February 28, 2025 | 2024 Community Service Committee
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NMQA has had community service part of its mission since the early 1980s. In 2000, a special interest group “Sweet Charity” was formed to support the Guild's Community Service mission. Today, NMQA community service meets each Tuesday at Christ the Ray of Hope Lutheran Church, at Louisiana and San Antonio Streets NE, in Room M from 9:30 am to 2 p.m. All are welcome to join for any meetings - bring a sewing machine! We show and tell completed quilts, sew, and make kits for other NMQA members to help with piecing and binding. NMQA budgets for the fabric, binding and sewing needs for these quilts. Completed quilts, tops, quilted quilts that need binding can all be delivered to any member meeting and kits can be picked up. All help is appreciated by the committee and the community. If you'd like to make a quilt top from your own fabric, feel free to use the 50th 50 pattern or a pattern of your own choice. Ideal size is 40"x50". At right, a thank you note received from a recipient of donated quilts in 2021. | Join us March 24 for a Community Service Sew-in after the 3/24 member meeting - register on-line by 3/19 so we can include you in the count for lunch New Mexico Quilters Association - How Many Quilts Can We Sew in 5 Hours?? RSVP by March 19 |