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We are proud of our community outreach programs, including our guild-sponsored Smile Quilts, Memory Quilts and Touch Quilts. Volunteers coordinate these projects and occasionally hold quilting bees and/or assemble kits for work at home. The quilting bees are usually held at the Mannheim Community Centre. Click Mannheim Community Centre for directions.

For information about these special projects click on the mini quilts by their names. If you would like to contact any of the organizers, you will find their contact information in our Members' Handbook or email the guild at wcqg@wcquiltersguild.on.ca. Your message will be forwarded to the appropriate person.


	Smile Quilts are made for children facing serious illness. Coordinated by Joan Doke, Peggy Herlick, Helene Doerfler, Judy Cumming, and Deb Martin.

	Mothers Without Doctors Program provides quilts, baby clothing and equipment for expectant mothers who have no doctor. Coordinated by Betty Anne Scott.

		Memory Quilts are small, knotted quilts donated to Grand River Hospital. They are given to those who have lost an infant due to stillbirth, SIDS, or some other catastrophe. Coordinated by Doreen Bone, Brenda Lee Busch and Susan Hemmerich.

		The Touch Quilt Program run by the Alzheimer Society of K-W provides, for persons with later-stage Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, an item of comfort to hold and touch with their hands. Coordinated by Bernice Gammy.

		This year (2013), the guild's biennial Raffle Quilt was designed and organized by Marilyn Farquhar and Marsha Clarke. Members enjoyed working on this unique design block by block, not knowing what it would look like completed.

		The Books and Quilts Project is a joint project of the Waterloo County Quilters' Guild and the Waterloo Public Library. This project has been coordinated by Marney Heatley.

		The Butterfly Quilt for Sunnyside Home is an "End of Life" project the Waterloo County Quilters' Guild constructed at the request of the home's Palliative Care Committee. Click the image to read an article written for the the Sunnyside Home newsletter.
For several years guild members have made placemats for our local Meals on Wheels. Often those placemats are reversible, celebrating a special holiday or two. Many members also make and donate quilts to other worthy charities dear to their own hearts. Often a member will organize a group project, such as the Postcard Quilt (shown below) organized by Renske Helmuth. It was donated to the Ontario Mennonite Relief Sale and was auctioned for $7200!
Additional causes in which members of the guild often participate are Project Linus, Victoria Quilts and Quilts of Valour . The guild and its members are always open to supporting charitable organizations. To reach us please go to our Contact Us page.

Waterloo County Quilters' Guild