Our Quilt Guild supports charities in our community
Pregnancy Resource Center East
Located in Baytown, Texas, the center serves east Harris, Chambers and Liberty Counties.
http://www.prce.org
The Baytown Area Quilt Guild has supported this charity for many years in a myriad of ways. We continue to support PRCE on a yearly basis with cash gifts and baby items We have at our annual community service meeting donation lists of items that are needed for the center. People can always donate office supplies, baby clothing, baby quilts, receiving blankets, baby supplies (lotions, shampoo, oil, etc).
Love Network of Baytown
BAQG supports the efforts of Love Network of Baytown with cash gifts and resources to help those in need in our community.
Baytown Homeless Center
BAQG has donated to the homeless in a number of ways. Cash for office equipment or furnishing a room, items for the clients for when they leave the shelter and even spices to make their meals more enjoyable.
Baytown Police Department Special Victims Unit
In addition to cash gifts, BAQG donates bags filled with toys, personal care items and books for children that are removed from dangerous situations.
Quilts
Our guild has created many quilts to donate to various homes and hospitals. Donated over 550 quilts to Various Nursing Homes, Hospitals and Ronald McDonald house in Galveston over the past years. We have also had members donate crocheted afghans, kits for creating quilts and unfinished blocks. We are always looking for fabric donations to create more quilts, unfinished quilts and volunteers for sewing and quilting.
Food Bank
We collect canned goods and non-perishable food items at every meeting. These are donated to local food banks including St. Mark's Methodist Church.