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Community Outreach

Community Outreach Committee has many projects:

•  Brings Northwest Quilters to community programs, including schools, fairs, and special community events.  

•  Supports veterans in our community through the Christmas Stocking program, which includes sewing stockings from kits cut by our volunteers; collecting "stuffers" for those stockings from a designated list; and sewing pillowcases from kits distributed during the autumn.  All these items are distributed through community agencies in November-December. 

•  Supports the Quilts of Valor® Foundation by making and awarding patriotic quilts to active military and living veterans touched by war. Learn more here. 


•  Coordinates NWQ participation in the year-round Kids' Pillowcase Project, which collects standard-sized individually made pillowcases for long-term hospitalized kids (up to age 18) at OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital.  Use your own kid-friendly 100% cotton fabric or sew up a kit available at general meetings. Contact Gail Planck for information.

Northwest Quilters Community Outreach Summary
July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026

 Quilts of Valor®
Honors active service members and veterans touched by
war. (60” x 80” or larger twin size) 		 78 quilts each with a
presentation case 
Salvation Army Veterans & Family Center, Beaverton
Transitional housing center providing a therapeutic
environment for veterans and their families.

15 large boxes/bags of stocking ”stuffers”, including 132 pairs men’s socks,
28 pairs women’s socks, 11 pairs children’s socks, plus adults'
and children's hats and gloves; toiletries; potholders and kitchen linens.		 125 Christmas stockings
110 pillowcases for
men/women/children
 OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Services		  101 pillowcases

  • Our Community Outreach committee represented Northwest Quilters and/or Quilts of Valor® at the Oregon State Fair in August 2025 and the Rusty Barn Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival at the Portland Expo Center in April 2026.
  • We conducted 22 QOV Sew Days, including participation in the QOVF National Sew Day (February 7, 2026), the QOVF National Catch-Up Day (held June 5, 2026), and the QOVF National Block Drive each calendar year with over 165 blocks submitted in the 2025-2026 year (and still arriving).
For more information – Community Outreach Committee