Giving Back
"You truly have a talent for this and I believe your work serves as a ministry." ~Kathy A.
I believe in paying it forward, giving back, and sharing one's gifts with others. Over the years, I have been gifted with literally hundreds of yards of fabric. I am your go-to gal when you're cleaning out a closet and you find a stash of fabric you don't know what to do with. Occasionally, boxes magically appear on my doorstep filled with all kinds of quilting goodies. But what to do with all of it? Not to turn away presents, I create quilts for charities. Below are organizations that have been kind enough to accept my gifts to them. To find out more about them, links have been provided.
Joseph's House of Russellville
"Joseph’s House is a non profit organization that supports foster families and the children they care for through a number of programs and services. We provide for simple basic needs and offer expanded services at no cost to the families or children. It’s location is undisclosed for the protection and privacy of the families and children."
Women's Crisis Center of South Arkansas
"WCC is dedicated to the empowerment of victim's of domestic/sexual abuse. We believe that this type of extreme force is used to achieve and maintain control over those in intimate relationships, lending itself to societal abuses of power and domination in the forms of sex, race, class, age and other oppressions; these abuses of power in society foster battering by perpetuating conditions which condone violent crimes."
"CASA volunteers are men and women who want to help the abused and neglected children in their community. The CASA “works” for the juvenile judge, alongside the attorney ad litem, (attorney for the child), and the Department of Human Services Social Workers, as appointed officers of the court."
"When a CASA volunteer is appointed to a child’s case, he or she is responsible for taking the time to find out as much as possible about the child. They review records, interview parents, talk to teachers and neighbors, and most importantly, get to know the child. These volunteers then provide a fact based report with sound recommendations regarding that child’s best interests, needs and wants to the court."
OCMC Hospice
"OCMC Hospice is a charitable (not for profit) 501(c) (3) organization with the sole purpose of providing comfortable, compassionate care for the terminally ill. We provide care to all in need of our services regardless of age, sex, race, color, creed, marital status, sexual preference, national origin, religion, citizenship status, veteran status, handicap/disability, or ability to pay."