Giving Hearts and Hands - Charity Information and Projects
The Mongolian Quilting Center
In June 2003, Maggie Ball received an impassioned e-mail from a Mongolian woman, Selenge Tserendash, who wanted to help needy women in her country where unemployment is high and alcoholism is rampant. Because even nomadic families have hand-cranked Russian sewing machines and old clothing that can be used for quilted items, Selenge thought quilting would be an ideal activity for Mongolian women and asked for volunteers to teach.
In June 2004, Maggie and her 21-year-old daughter, Hazel, went to Mongolia to help at the recently opened New Way Life Mongolian Quilting Center. Maggie's church and quilting community helped with fund-raising efforts, and the quilting industry was extremely supportive in equipping the Center. Viking sent five sewing machines, David Textiles gave fabric, Prym-Dritz donated rulers, rotary cutters and mats and Coats and Clark provided thread. The Bainbridge Island Rotary Club funded the shipping of these items to Mongolia.
Hazel and Maggie spent two weeks at the Quilting Center. They taught the women to piece the Olzii, the traditional Mongolian motif, which brings long life and prosperity and protects from wild animals and evil spirits. They appliquéd the Olzii block onto tote bags and aprons to make attractive saleable products.
In August 2004, the Center was closed due to lack of funding. Donors at Maggie's church again generously provided funds and the Center was reopened in the basement of an apartment block. In spite of less-than-ideal conditions, the women persevered, and a Mongolian quilting community was established.
In June 2006, Maggie returned to Mongolia with Carol Gregory to help organize the first international quilt show in Mongolia. Two years after starting from scratch, the Mongolian women were making beautiful Olzii quilts. The exhibition in The Department Store in Ulaanbaatar was very successful. Funds raised will enable the Center to move to a better location with enough space for a retail outlet, classroom, workroom, child care and an office.
Within three to five years, the Mongolian Quilting Center should become self-sustaining. In the meantime, financial help and quilting expertise is needed. Go to Maggie's Web site, www.dragonflyquilts.com for further details about how you can help.
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Charity Organizations
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| Angels4Preemies www.angels4preemies.com |
Angels for Hope 308 Spring Road Palmyra, PA 17078 www.angelsforhope.org |
Bear Hugs for Babies make up "baskets" containing a quilt, diapers, bottles, and a diaper bag to deliver to under-privileged babies and their caretakers (Mothers, foster parent, or adoptive parent). |
| Blankets for Canada Society is a non-demoninational, non-profit charity that makes 8" squares to be joined together into blankets. Inspired by Warm Up America, Blankets for Canada distributes blankets to organizations who care for people without shelter and in need of warmth. Blankets for Canada Society 210A - 12'A' St No Suite 217 Lethbridge, Alberta Canada, T1H 2J1 For more info please visit their website at: www.blankets4canada.ca |
Caps for Kids 2500 Lowell Rd. Ranlo, NC 28054 www.capsforkids.com/ |
Care Wear is a 501(c)(3) non-profit nationwide group of volunteers who provide handmade baby items to hospitals. |
| ConKerr Cancer Foundation accepts donations of fun, cheerful homemade pillow cases. These pillow cases are distributed to children's hospitals to help cheer children undergoing medical treatment, usually for cancer but also other diseases. www.conkerrcancer.org |
Crafting For A Cause is a 501(C)3 not-for-profit organization making hand crafted items with all money raised going to charities for children and elders of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in SD and children at the UC Davis Pediatric Cancer Infusion Center in Sacramento. www.craftingforacause.org |
Ewe and Me Jesus Baby Blanket Ministry makes and donates blankets to area hospitals in Fort Worth; Churches and Hospitals in Matamoros, Mexico, and "Mercy Heart" ministry of Glenview Baptist Church. Glenview Baptist Church attn: Ewe and Me Jesus Baby Blanket Ministry 4805 NE Loop 820 Fort Worth, Texas 76137 (817) 281-3361 www.glenviewchurch.org |
| Faith, Hope and Charity Stitches, Inc. 9290 South Brown Rd Chardon, OHIO 44024 www.faithhopeandcharityinc.com E-mail Karen Munro, board chairman at fhcsinc@roadrunner.com |
The Giving Heart is a 501(C)(3) non profit organization providing basic needs, assistance, acceptance and opportunities to the underprivileged, elderly, and those who otherwise are hindered in their desire to move forward. 11527 Primrose Lane Rockville, Va. 23146 (804) 749-4726 www.thegivingheart.org |
Guideposts Knit for Kids 39 Seminary Hill Road Carmel, N.Y. 10512 www.knitforkids.org |
| Hats for the Homeless 905 Main St. Hackensack, NJ 07601 www.hats4thehomeless.org info@hats4thehomeless.org |
Helping our Lakota Families HC49 Box 500 Pine Ridge, SD http://gwtc.net/~darbob darbob@gwtc.net A mother/daughter team (part of an Oglala Sioux family) living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation at Pine Ridge, SD. The reservation is very poor, and they distribute the goods they gather to other Lakota families. |
Hugs for Homeless Animals www.h4ha.org |
| Knit4Charities Knit4Charities is a Yahoo group, based in Australia, dedicated to knitting and crocheting items to donate to needy people throughout the community. www.freewebs.com/knit4charities |
Newborns In Need 112 West Main Street P.O. Box 385 Houston, MO 65483 (417) 967-9441 www.newbornsinneed.org office@newbornsinneed.org |
Prayerfully Yours/Sending Troops Prayers Ministry is a non-profit ministry of volunteers from around America that knit, crochet, loom and sew prayer cloths and shawls for people who need them and to our troops. Prayerfully Yours/Sending Troops Prayers Ministry P.O. Box 7 Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050 http://sendingtroopsprayers.bravehost.com |
| Project Angel Kisses Ministry is a group that crochets, knits, quilts and sews hats, booties, blankies, burial layettes, going home outfits,etc for babies in need. http://project-angel-kisses.150m.com/ |
Project Linus National Headquarters |
Project Sunshine 102 West 38th Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10018 (212) 354-8035 www.projectsunshine.org Project Sunshine is a nondenominational, nonprofit organization that provides free programs and services to children and families who are affected with serious medical challenges. |
| The Shawl Ministry www.shawlministry.com |
Soldiers' Angels 1792 E. Washington Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91104 (626) 529-5114 www.SoldiersAngels.org |
Stitches From the Heart 3306 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 (866) 472-6903 www.StitchesFromtheHeart.org |
| Threads of Compassion is a loosely connected group of survivors of sexual violence who desire to offer comfort and support to recent victims. threadsofcompassion.bravehost.com |
Touching Little Lives is an Ohio based 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides clothing and necessity items, neonatal positioning devices(snuggles, snakes and frogs), and surgery dolls and stuffed animals to area hospitals. Touching Little Lives, Inc. 4300 Winchester Southern Rd Circleville, OH 43113 www.touchinglittlelives.org |
Warming Families One Heart Foundation P.O. Box 400 Orem, UT 84057 www.warmingfamilies.org E-mail project co-founder Suzanne Osmond at suzanne@oneheart.org |
| Warm Hearts-Warm Babies donates items that are sewn, knitted, crocheted, and quilted for premature infants and babies in need. Warm Hearts-Warm Babies P.O. Box 1266 Brighton, CO. 80601 warmheartswarmbabies.org |
Warm Up America! 2500 Lowell Road Gastonia, NC 28054 www.warmupamerica.com |
Warm Woolies is a non-profit organization whose volunteers knit warm clothing for poverty-stricken children who would otherwise suffer from cold. Warm Woolies 5572 E. Mansfield Ave. Denver, CO 80237 www.warmwoolies.org |