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Volunteers Make Quilts for Kids

Mar- 5-2004 » Filed Under: Link of Interest

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By K.L. Vantran
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2004 – Every Thursday, and some Saturdays, volunteers at Fort Lewis, Wash., lug sewing machines to the Army Community Service building so they can create quilts for children of those deployed in the war on terrorism.

About 18 months ago, Marty Alexander, library technician for the Fort Lewis Library System, saw a sample of a cuddle quilt on TV. An avid quilter, Alexander said she went about making one. It took her four hours.

Alexander said she thought if she could get an assembly line going, she'd be in business. She talked with Mary Herrera, chief of family services, Army Community Service. Donna Arias, a financial planner at ACS, joined the team, and the "Quilts for Kids" program began. Since then, about 90 children have received the lap quilts.


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