Sunday, March 26, 2006

quilters helping others

Local quilting group offers comfort, warmth to less fortunate | The Janesville Gazette | Janesville, Wisconsin, USA: "Local quilting group offers comfort, warmth to less fortunate

(Published Friday, March 24, 2006 11:18:09 AM CST)


By Shelly Birkelo
Gazette Staff

What began as a call from a church pastor for members to share their gifts and talents a decade ago has grown into an outreach project that has comforted thousands.

Lynda Short founded Goshen Quilters in fall 1996 when a group of eight women of various ages and backgrounds began to meet at Cargill United Methodist Church. "

Quilters go into help those less fortunate than themselves.

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