A group of retired women from Perth are giving back to the community, and they\u2019re pulling it off by turning their hobby into something productive.<\/p>\n
The Community Caring Quilters, an organization composed of women from all over Perth, first got involved in charity roughly 3 years ago when one of their members put together a campaign dubbed “Quilts for Katrina,\u201d a local drive aimed at helping the victims of the hurricane that devastated communities living along the gulf coast.<\/p>\n
Ruth Oblinski, the woman behind the endeavour, would forever remember the warm feelings she and her friends had by helping those in the south. From then on, they\u2019ve tried to help any charity they\u2019d come across.<\/p>\n
In one of their more recent drives, the group of quilters partnered with \u201cConnections,\u201d a program that helps families in need in Lanark County. Connections provides support to numerous families all over the county, giving them food, clothes, and other basic necessities.<\/p>\n
The quilters donated hand-made quilts to these families, which were custom-made and had names of the children they were given to.<\/p>\n
The Community Caring Quilters is made up of 20 members, and they hope that other women, and men for that matter, follow their example and help the community in any way they can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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