The Havasu Stitchers have come up with many ways to contribute to their commmunity over the years.
Here are just some of the most recent examples.

Community Outreach will meet at the library Weds, Dec 14th at 9:00 am.
Bring your sewing machine and come to complete quilts.

We meet in the County Library the second Weds. of the month to make projects to give to the elderly in rest homes, homeless children, and others in need. If you have some time to donate to this cause please join us. If you can’t spend the day or part, you could stop by, take something home to work on, or a simple donation from your stash ( and we need fleece also) maybe you would like to just quilt one of our projects or do a binding……anything you can do to help out….

FUTURE DATES: JAN 4TH, FEB 7TH, MAR 13TH

As of Nov 9th, they have 20 completed quilts, 57 bibs and 17 Xmas stockings.
There is a need for twin sized and children’s quilts.


National Quilt Day
The Havasu Stitchers will observe National Quilt Day on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Mohave Community College, Room 600. It is not too early to think about what you want to contribute to this event. We will be “charging” a non-perishable food item that will be donated to the Interagency Food Bank, as we have done in the past. If you have any ideas of what you would like to see on this day, e.g. demonstrations, a class, sit-and-sew, etc., please make your wishes known. If you would like to participate in any way please contact the committee chair. Your involvement is important. Chris Groendyk




Havasu Stitchers National Quilt Day Open House
Saturday - March 26, 2011
9am - 4pm at Mohave Community College Rm 600
Free but please bring a canned good as a donation for the FOOD BANK.
We will have many sewing and quilting demonstrations
throughout the day. Please join us for a fun day!





HAVASU STITCHERS NATIONAL QUILT DAY 2010
MARCH 27, 2010 AT MCC ROOM 600
A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL
Food Drive for the Local Food Bank was successful.














King Size Quilt to Benefit Lake Havasu Museum of History.
RAFFLE TICKETS WERE SOLD AND THE WINNER WAS DRAWN AT NATIONAL QUILT DAY EVENT.





National Quilt Day Celebration
Havasu Stitchers Open House
Saturday March 28th 2009 - Mohave Community College Room 600

We had Quilting Demos all day long. Numerous quilts were on display!
We had various stitched projects, quilted bags, wall hangings and many unique items. Our Community Service Projects were on Display.
We collected for our local Food Bank.











COMMUNITY OUTREACH DONATION


Here’s a picture from Community Outreach. This is the lap quilt donated to Sarah Crabtree, pieced by Jeannette Kennedy and quilted by Bob and Judy Young. Bobbie and I are shown giving it to Jennifer Wilson and Tammy Geddes of Havasu Hopes.

QUILTS OF VALOR



COMFORT QUILTS - COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS
Community Outreach meets monthly at the Mohave County Library. We meet from 9am to 3pm. Projects have been: prosthetic pants & shorts for both men & women soldiers. Quilts for the Veterans Hospital. Quilts to Foster Kids. Quilts & receiving blankets to foster children. Quilts, wheelchair/walker bags & adult bibs to Havasu Nursing Center & Lake Hills. Foley Bag covers for Havasu Nursing Center. Lap quilts for The H.A.V.E.N and Mohave County Sheriff’s Dept. Large quilts to the Safe House. Quilts for Kids; these kids are some of the homeless kids here in Lake Havasu City. The Havasu Stitchers contributed quilts to these kids through The H.A.V.E.N Center program, Food 4 Kidz, in 2007/2008. We have continued this program for more kids in 2009.

Dates for 2009 are March 16th, April 8th, May 13th, October 14th, November 18th, & December 9th.

Every summer Comfort Quilts takes time off unless a special project comes up. Usually no gatherings from June through September.

If you are cleaning closets, and want to donate 100% cotton to our projects, we are collecting at the meetings. We can use 1 yd to 4+ yd pieces. Bright colors would be good. Fabric appropriate for boys/men is desired. Need UPC codes from Hobbs Batting packages.



This photo is of the blankets and quilts donated to H.A.V.E.N. Family Resource Center for their Food4 Kids Program. A very big thank you to all of you stitchers who have supported the Community Outreach project to provide quilts and fleece blankets for the H.A.V.E.N. Food-4-Kids program. Your talents and generosity have been tremendous. In the last two months we have delivered 103 quilts/blankets for the food program and 6 baby quilts. The staff at the H.A.V.E.N. is in awe of your talents and generosity. Thank you for the support, Bobbie Baker and Andy Walker



National Quilt Day March 2008
National Quilt Day
March 15, 2008 9am to 3pm
Mohave Community College - Room 204

Our theme this year was "Eight Hands Around". The idea behind this theme is that it takes many hands to make quilts for charity, that one person can not do it alone. We donated this quilt to the first baby born on March 15 at Havasu Regional Hospital. We ended up having two babies born and we were able to donate another quilt as well. We also collected food donations for Food4Kidz. Items like: fruit juice boxes, pouches, & small plastic bottles, nutri-grain/granola bars, peanut butter and jelly in plastic jars, fruit cups, cash cards & cash. There was a hand quilting demonstration using a small quilt frame. Other demonstrations included machine quilting, making cards, pillowcases, English paper piecing and other surprises.
Havasu Stitchers members used the day to sew on comfort quilts also.










QUILTS OF VALOR BY THE 3/4 CRAZIES FRIENDSHIP GROUP
Friendship Group Presentation - Jeanette Kennedy, Sue Wagner and Susan George

We have committed our "quilt" talents to making and providing patriotic quilts for wounded servicemen through an organization known as Quilts of Valor. The three of us (also known as the 3/4 crazies) have already made 3 tops and are in the process of quilting them.

Quilts of Valor “Quilting B”
We would like other guild members to join us on Wednesday, January 16th /9:30 am at Sew What?. We are planning to present the Quilt of Valor program's mission; specific requirements for quilt sizes and materials; and to see if anyone is interested in participating in this venture to thank those who have given so much of themselves for each of us.

Quilts of Valor has a website: www.qov.org



QUILT PINK DAY IN LAKE HAVASU CITY QUILT PINK DAY was Saturday September 22, 2007 at Sew What? Quilt Shop. Jeanette Kennedy and Susie Davis coordinated this gathering.

The finished quilt or quilts have to be delivered by March 2008. The quilts will be sold and auctioned to raise money for Susan B. Komen Foundation to fight cancer. Go to www.quiltpink.com and http://www.ebay.com/quiltpink for more information about how these events are being done.



HAVASU STITCHERS CHARITY QUILT AUCTION AND CONCERT
NOVEMBER 2006







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