For the Fall 2024 Quilt Ingathering, St. Paul was able to provide 10 fabric kits and 82 quilts to ship to Lutheran World Relief. With the help of our new quilting members, in addition to our established quilters, we were able to go from 24 quilts in June to 82 quilts in October.
We also want to thank the congregation for your support in monetary donations for quilt shipping, fabric pieces and used bed sheet donations, and donations of cardboard boxes to ship the quilts in.
We appreciate your support and your prayers for our small group of quilters.
In the 80-year history of LWR, they have always shipped quilts and kits to international locations during disaster needs. In late 2024, a decision was made to provide some shipments to US locations with the majority of the shipments still to international locations.
Two shipments were made in the US – 150 quilts and health kits to the 7 ship crews stranded in the Port of Baltimore after the bridge collapse and a second shipment was made in October to the citizens in the SE US suffering from the effects of Hurricane Helene.
We have already started quilting for our 2025 ingathering and you are invited to join us the first and third Thursday mornings at 9 a.m. in the lower-level fellowship hall.