The women of the Preeceville St. John Lutheran Church continued with the challenge of making a difference in the world by creating 100 quilts that will comfort those in a time of need.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e meet every week in the basement of the church to stitch together quilts,鈥� said Deb Myhr. 鈥淓ach quilt is stitched with a little bit of hope and a lot of love.
鈥淲e created 100 quilts this year,鈥� Myhr said. 鈥淲e decided that this year our quilts would be better distributed at a local level. Usually we ship the quilts to the Canadian World Lutheran Relief.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Locally the group has distributed 20 quilts to residents at the Preeceville and District Health Centre Long Term Care and a few to the residents at the Sturgis Care Home. Other places that the quilts were shipped to were the hospice in Regina, for sick kids with Cancer and the Ronald MacDonald House in Saskatoon.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 "It has been great to see how the quilts impact people鈥檚 lives,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t is nice for our club to see where they go and that our hard work is really appreciated.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Lutheran women create the quilts utilizing old clothes, curtains, donated fabric and old blankets.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲hen you make and send a quilt, you are not only comforting someone you have never met, but providing an object that is useful in ways you probably never imagined,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he ultimate purpose of a quilt is to provide warmth, an essential need for people.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Another project that the women鈥檚 club participated in is making baby layettes. The layettes include two blankets, sleepers, undershirts, wash clothes, four cloth diapers, six pins and one sweater.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 "We have shipped 17 packages to the Canadian World Relief in Winnipeg," said Cecilia Larsen, representative.
