Share Our Skills
Share Our Skills (SOS) volunteers make about 700 quilts each year which are given to charity. Members are encouraged to donate time, fabric, batting, completed tops and quilts. SOS kits made up of donated coordinating fabric which may be picked up at the meetings and returned when completed.
SOS Sew Day meets the third Wednesday of every month from 9:30 to 4:00 at Knights of Columbus located at 1620 E Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids. Bring your machine if you would like to sew, We have scissors, needles and Knit Cro Sheen to tie the quilts. Also bring a dish to share for lunch at noon. On average, 20 ladies attend to help with the SOS Charity quilts. Quilts are also tied between the morning and evening monthly meetings. In 2008, year of the flood, over 1,200 were donated to flood victims. SOS also donates to several benefits during the year. SOS is an excellent opportunity to test a new quilt block prior to purchasing fabric and other quilting supplies.
SOS Sew Day meets the third Wednesday of every month from 9:30 to 4:00 at Knights of Columbus located at 1620 E Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids. Bring your machine if you would like to sew, We have scissors, needles and Knit Cro Sheen to tie the quilts. Also bring a dish to share for lunch at noon. On average, 20 ladies attend to help with the SOS Charity quilts. Quilts are also tied between the morning and evening monthly meetings. In 2008, year of the flood, over 1,200 were donated to flood victims. SOS also donates to several benefits during the year. SOS is an excellent opportunity to test a new quilt block prior to purchasing fabric and other quilting supplies.
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Following is a partial list of the past recipients of SOS
Abbe Health ASAC Bridgehaven Camp Courageous Catherine McAuley Center Catholic Worker Cedar House Families Helping Families Four Oaks Freedom Foundation HACAP Habitat for Humanity Heart of Iowa Hiawatha Care Center Hospice of Mercy Inn Circle Day Care Program Linn County Daycare Linn-Jones Dept of Human Services Manor Care MECCA Mission of Hope Sleep in Heavenly Peace United Way of Johnson and Washington Counties Willis Dady Shelter Young Parents Network |
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Knights of Columbus #909, 1620 E Avenue NE Cedar Rapids (see map) |
