Members of the Village Squares Quilters actively support our three community outreach projects.

Bedford Babies -- at the New York State  Bedford Hills Correctional Facility

Cuddle Quilts -- for children with long-term disabilities in local hospitals and rehabilitation centers.

Friendship Quilts -- for residents in hospice and local nursing homes.

Outreach Sites (not inclusive)

• Pins & Needles (quilting shop), for its annual donations to  Blythdale Children's Hospital and Beacon Health Center.
• Furniture Sharehouse   Here are some photos of the Furniture Sharehouse donation event from the Summer 2016 project.
• White Plains Hospital
• Project Linus
• Hearts to Home
• Phelps Hospital
• New York State Veterans Home at Montrose
  
• Marymount
• Coming Home Project
  
• Westchester Children's Association project (press release)
  

Quilts Assembled for the Westchester Children's Association, on display at the WC Children's Museum

Our 2023 raffle quilt raised funds for Hearts and Homes for Refugees

Some Thank You Notes and More Photos

• VSQ members made quilts in spring 2023 for those impacted by tornadoes in Mississippi. Here is a thank you note.
  
  
• Refugee Quilts: A note from the third group of refugees that we donated quilts to. This family, parents, and 5 year old daughter and 3 year old son, arrived from Afghanistan and had to leave because the father had worked for the US government and their lives were in danger. They were related to the second group who received their quilts a few weeks earlier. All three families that we have donated to live in close proximity and are busy learning English and settling in. All groups were sponsored by a consortium of churches and temples and coordinated by Hias, the Jewish immigration Settlement organization. A grateful thank you to all those that made the quilts… they were a conglomeration of the “I spy, ” summer projects and March project.
  
  
• 2015 Thank you note from Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center received for October quilts in Show and Tell set!
  
  
• Blank Fabric donation - July 2014 Here are the photos by Alice Clague of Mitchell Blank's donation being moved by VSQ members. Thanks to all who participated and especially to Mitchell Blank
  
  
• From UJA for the Hurricane Sandy Quilts - a Thank you - 011813
  
  
• From NYS Department of Health for Quilts created at the facility - 032713
  
  
• From Wartburg a thank you for quilts - 042513 and  Mystery Quilt photos from June 2013  In July, these VSQ-member-created quilts were delivered to The Wartburg in Mt Vernon, which is a comprehensive senior living facility.
  
  
• Hurricane Sandy Relief Quilt-a-thon,  Received from Acacia Network for the quilts that were donated, see the thank you postcard.
  
  
• See photos from an Outreach quilt-a-thon. This one arranged by Susan, Anne, Fran, and others. Thanks to all who participated.
  
  
• "Every House has a Story, " as As cited on the National Quilting Association website) See the quilt here from the presentation
  
  
• The NYS Department of Health has sent VSQ a thank you for the donation of beautifully quilted wheel chair bags that Rhona and her team of outreach members created from fabric donated to the guild.
  
  
• J A Coleman School sent this Thank you note for the quilts from the class who were recipients of a donation. Members visited the John A. Coleman School which is located on North Street in White Plains. We "adopted" one of the classrooms of four- and five-year-olds, all of whom have some physical disability. We brought them 17 quilts so they could choose . Subsequently, VSQ received this thank you card that the children helped to make.|
  
  
•  Thank you from NYS Veteran's Home in Montrose.
  
  
• United Hebrew - The Art of Caring for Generations. You can see the thank you here.
  
  
• Thank you note received from Joann Bohannon, Child Protective Services for VSQ donation of 25 quilts.
  
  
• Catalyst Foundation-- We've received a thank you from the Catalyst Foundation for the Quilted Washcloths that the guild members made and sample size toiletries that were donated. Here you can see the email note and their photo.
  
  
• Schaffer Extended Care Thank You Note and Recipient Photo.
  
  
• Thank you note and some happy thank you photos from Bethel recipients via Rhona.