Community Service
Seaside Quilters Guild supports giving back to our community. Our primary philanthropic endeavor is Project Linus . We have generous support by our members during the year. Project Linus has donated fabrics which are used by our members most commonly, to create lap size quilts.
Project Linus
Project Linus is the main focus of Guild’s philanthropy. Project Linus provides handmade blankets to children 0-18 in the United States who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. Over 9 million have been given nationwide since 1995. Seaside Quilters donate 300-400 quilts a year. The local Project Linus San Diego Chapter donates quilts to Rady Children’s Hospital, Ronald McDonald House and neonatal intensive care units at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital and the UC San Diego Medical Center. They go to Becky’s House, the San Diego Family Justice Center and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office Youth and Family Services. They go to infants and teens and every age in between.
See Projectlinus.org for more information about this wonderful organization.
Our members contribute by doing one of the steps in making a quilt or by making the entire quilt from start to finish. There are pre-cut kits available or members use their personal stash of fabrics. Workshops are held the first Monday and the third Tuesday of the month from 10:30am to approximately 2:00pm. Bring your own lunch.
RefugeeNet
In 2023 Seaside Quilters Guild began an informal partnership with RefugeeNet. It began by redirecting donated quilts that were not appropriate for the Linus group to refugees in need of household goods. It has expanded to the donation of fabric and sewing machines to RefugeeNet members who teach sewing skills to refugee family members. The RefugeeNet sewing group meets at least once a month.
An “African Sisters” quilt was completely pieced and quilted by RefugeeNet members and hangs in the community room at St. Luke’s Episcopal church in North Park, where many refugee activities take place.
In the past few years, a quilt that was started by Seaside was finished by refugees was and auctioned for over $3500 to benefit refugees in need.
