The women of the Preeceville St. John Lutheran Church continued with the challenge of making a difference in the world by creating 100 quilts that will comfort those in a time of need.
“We meet every week in the basement of the church to stitch together quilts,” said Deb Myhr. “Each quilt is stitched with a little bit of hope and a lot of love.
“We created 100 quilts this year,” Myhr said. “We decided that this year our quilts would be better distributed at a local level. Usually we ship the quilts to the Canadian World Lutheran Relief.”
Locally the group has distributed 20 quilts to residents at the Preeceville and District Health Centre Long Term Care and a few to the residents at the Sturgis Care Home. Other places that the quilts were shipped to were the hospice in Regina, for sick kids with Cancer and the Ronald MacDonald House in Saskatoon.
"It has been great to see how the quilts impact people’s lives,” she said. “It is nice for our club to see where they go and that our hard work is really appreciated.”
The Lutheran women create the quilts utilizing old clothes, curtains, donated fabric and old blankets.
“When you make and send a quilt, you are not only comforting someone you have never met, but providing an object that is useful in ways you probably never imagined,” she said. “The ultimate purpose of a quilt is to provide warmth, an essential need for people.”
Another project that the women’s club participated in is making baby layettes. The layettes include two blankets, sleepers, undershirts, wash clothes, four cloth diapers, six pins and one sweater.
"We have shipped 17 packages to the Canadian World Relief in Winnipeg," said Cecilia Larsen, representative.
