Quilting and clothing charities

Bev’s Country Cottage — “The ultimate Charity Crafting, free Humanitarian patterns website.”

Caps for Kids — Providing needy children with cozy hats to keep them warm is what Caps for Kids is all about. The hats are given to non-profit, non denominational agencies in the communities of the donors. Web site has pattern suggestions.

Newborns in Need — provides clothing and blankets to babies born into poverty and crisis situations in Ohio. Also makes burial gowns for babies who pass away.

Tiny Miracles — Tiny Miracles is a quilt donation drive for local Neo-Natal Intensive Care Units for premature, and distressed infants.

UFO-rphanage for Quilters — Web site owner accepts donations of unfinished objects, completes them, and donates finished product to charity

Wrap Them in Love — Their mission is to collect donated quilts and distribute them to children around the world, so they can be wrapped in the love of a quilt. Quilts are taken to orphanages outside the US.

NW Quilters (Portland, OR) — “Honoring the past, Embracing the present, Guiding the future.”

ABC Quilts — “We teach people of all ages to quilt, and through quilt-making we work to prevent HIV/AIDS, and alcohol and drug abuse.”

Project Linus (Oregon) — “...to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans.”

Quilts for Kids (Lake Oswego, OR) — “Comforting Kids Network is an Oregon non-profit organization dedicated to providing just what the name implies: comfort to children in peril.”

Emerald Valley Quilters (Eugene, OR) — “The Guild was created in 1992 to encourage the learning of quilting techniques, to provide information about quilting, past and present, and to exhibit our quilts in the community so that these shows can contribute to the knowledge and appreciation of our art and industry.”

Marys River Quilt Guild (Philomath, OR) — “Our mission: To contribute to the knowledge of quilting and textile arts, to promote the appreciation of fine quilts and quiltmaking, and to contribute to the growth and knowledge of the art and the industry through educational meetings and fellowship.”

Warm Up America! — A nationwide program that has produced and donated more than 80,000 afghan blankets to warm individuals and families in need.