Cape Coral Quilters' Guild
Cape Coral, Florida
Community Service
​This committee distributes our comfort quilts to individuals and organizations in the Cape Coral Community. Throughout the year, comfort quilts are distributed to organizations including nursing homes, hospice facilities, newborn and children focused organizations, hospitals, women focused organizations, and many more. In addition, we offer quilts to individuals who are in immediate need.
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Some of the organizations who have received quilts in the last several years are:
- Veteran Honor Quilts
- Holidays 4 Heroes (Veteran families)
- Cape Coral Police Department
- Cape Coral Hospital/Lee Health
- Fort Myers Surgery Center (cancer patients)
- One More Child (Foster Kids)
- Tiny Showers (supplying blankets for impoverished newborns)
- Over the Moon Room (room makeovers for seriously ill kids)
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- Valerie's House (grief counseling)
- Guardian Ad Litem Collier County (Social Services - kids & teens)
- ACTS (abuse, counseling & treatment)
- Cape Coral Caring Center (taking care of the needy)
- The Windsor of Cape Coral (nursing home)
- Gulf Coast Village (nursing home/assisted living)
- Choices in Living (adult daycare)
- Angels Around You (home care)
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We also recognize groups and organizations for their service to the community. An example is offering quilts to firehouses and libraries.
January 30th, 2024
The Guild donated this beautiful quilted wall-hanging to the Pine Island Library (part of the Lee County Library System). Sue Burczyk, Guild President, presented the piece to the Library's staff and the Friends of the Library representatives.
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Members who worked on the wall-hanging are Claudia Keen (piecing and quilting), Karen Lindeman (fabric selection), Sally Janke (binding), Melinda Jablonski (embroidered label).
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October 2021 Firehouse #2
​Throughout the years, our Guild has made and donated a quilt to each of the
Cape Coral Firehouses to show our appreciation for the services they provide to the community. On a person's worst day, these dedicated people provide emergency help in minutes.
This year, this Committee donated a beautiful quilt to the new Firehouse #2 to show our appreciation.