Since its founding, the Cheshire Quilters’ Guild has made wheelchair quilts for residents of area nursing homes. Our charitable work has expanded to include donations to the Cheshire Medical Center Pediatrics department, Cedar Crest Center, and the Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention. The guild also maintains a rotating quilt display at the Cheshire Medical Centers Norris Cotton Oncology unit.
Adorning the corridor of the Cheshire Medical Centers Norris Cotton Oncology Unit are five quilts made by our guild members. The quilts currently on display are made by Sue Weeks, Elaine Toomey, Helen Shaw and Cathy Harvey . If you have a quilt that you would like displayed to help, bring some sunshine into the life of someone who is fighting cancer, please contact Jean Lord. The maximum sizes for the quilt displays are 29”x 17” & 40”x 40” and they are changed out every 3 or 4 months. Guild Contact: Jean Lord
The recipients of the kerchiefs are the residents at Cedarcrest Center for children with disabilities. The neckerchiefs are used as an age-appropriate version of a bib. See below for the pattern and instructions.
Guild Contact: Joanna Paige
The Christmas stockings, comfort bags and lap quilts are for local families who are suffering from domestic violence. The comfort bags are filled with personal products for those individuals seeking immediate shelter. See below for the pattern and instructions.
Guild Contact: Arlene Curran
We stretch our necks out for the greater good of our community by creating quilts of all sizes and donating them to families that have suffered a devasting loss.
Guild Contacts: Lou-Anne Beauregard & Jean Lord
Cuddle quilts are made for the Pediatric department at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene. They are currently in need of baby quilts (36" x 54"), they also accept teen sized quilts (45" x 65").
Guild Contact: Helen Shaw
The recipients of these wheelchair quilts are residents in nursing homes in the Keene area. The size can range from 36-45" square with rounded corners for safety.
Guild Contact: Jan Kenyon
For more information about donating to one of the organizations above or displaying a quilt at the Cheshire Medical Centers Norris Cotton Oncology unit please email us!
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