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Quilts Made For Children, By Children

Posted by Shelby on 01/17/07 at 10:18 PM

UU’s in the Media has been a great source recently for news about Unitarian Universalists helping children. It pointed me this week to this sweet story in the Journal & Courier of Lafayette, Indiana, about a quilting project at the local Unitarian Universalist Church:

Dozens of men, women and children from the Unitarian Universalist Church stitched together 28 quilts to give to infants and children who had been taken recently from homes where crystal methamphetamine had been produced in Tippecanoe County.

"The chemicals and the drug can be toxic to children’s skin," said Patty Wood, the most experienced quilter at the church and leader of the Unitarian Universalist’s Fiberarts group. "Their blankets, clothes and toys usually have to be taken away because they’re tainted with the chemicals.

This project not only provides special gifts to children going through traumatic events, but also draws on the talents of children in the congregation. Children as young as nine have learned to sew and create quilts under Wood’s guidance.
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