ICYMI: Calgary-area volunteers stitch together quilts for cancer patients yyc
The roughly six-by-four-feet quilts will be given, free of charge, to provide some warmth and comfort to Albertans battling the disease.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
“And the feedback that we receive — the cards, the acknowledgments — it’s so very, very moving and so very, very humbling that such a simple thing can have such a powerful impact on people.”Across its 24 branches throughout Canada, Victoria’s Quilts has delivered more than 87,000 quilts since forming in 1999. The Okotoks branch, which started in 2003, has 81 members who made and delivered 260 quilts in the foothills and southern Alberta in 2021.
The broader initiative began a year earlier in memory of California’s Victoria Morrison, who began making quilts for people who were in treatment with her after finding she always felt cold while undergoing chemotherapy. Jeanette Baumbach is currently undergoing cancer treatment, and recently received a quilt from the Okotoks arm of Victoria’s Quilts.Article content
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Calgary-area volunteers stitch together quilts for cancer patients\u0022It\u0027s so very, very moving and so very, very humbling, that such a simple thing can have such a powerful impact on people.\u0022
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'Warmth and comfort': Calgary-area volunteers craft quilts for cancer patients\u0022It\u0027s so very, very moving and so very, very humbling, that such a simple thing can have such a powerful impact on people.\u0022
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