Lick Skillet Quilt Guild
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
COMMUNITY SERVICE
A small compassionate act enlarges the scope of community.
A small compassionate act enlarges the scope of community.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Jackie Crumley
Community Service Award Recipients
2019 - Molly Steenberg
2018 - Bernice Zaidel
2017 - Brenda Mayfield
2016 - Mary Simmons
2015 - Sharon Lamberth
As a tribute to Jackie Crumley and her love for the community, the guild established the "Jackie Crumley Service Award" to be given annually to a member selected by the executive board. The recipient is chosen based on their tremendous dedication, time and efforts given to support guild community service work.
Each year the LSQG selects one or more community service projects where we as members donate time and supplies to work on items for various organizations, medical facilities, nursing homes, and other groups. These are submitted by members and voted on by the guild.
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2019 Community Service Projects
Primary Projects
Lap quilts for patients at DiversiCare Nursing Home in Oxford.
Annual Christmas Stocking (Bag) program for the Calhoun County Schools MVP Program through the Calhoun County Board of Education. Bags will be made and filled with hygiene items and other Christmas goodies.
Center of Concern - Summer food drive to supply food items before the school year and holiday season begins.
Project Summary
- Over 80 Christmas zippered toiletry bags completed and filled
- 59 laps quilts were completed and delivered
- Over 300 pounds of food collected
2018 Community Service Projects
Primary Projects
Charity event at the Quilts by the Lake Quilt Show with proceeds to go to Sav-A-Life.
Annual Christmas Stockings program for the Calhoun County Schools MVP Program through the Calhoun County Board of Education. Stockings were replaced with zippered toiletry bags filled with hygiene items and Christmas goodies.
Project Summary
- Monetary donation given to Sav-A-Life
- Over 70 Christmas zippered toiletry bags completed and filled
2017 Community Service Projects
Primary Projects
Center of Concern - food drive to supply food items before the school year and holiday season begins.
Baby quilts and hats for babies in Neonatal ICU.
Annual Homeless Christmas Stockings program will continue for the Calhoun County Schools MVP Program through the Calhoun County Board of Education.
Primary Project Summary
Over 442 pounds of non-perishable items collected for food drive.
97 baby quilts and crochet and knitted hats for babies at RMC and 48 hats for premature babies at UAB hospitals.
65 Christmas stockings completed and filled
2016 Community Service Projects
Primary Projects - Charity event at the Quilts by the Lake Quilt Show with proceeds to go to Rainbow Omega and Needy Children of Calhoun County.
Christmas Stocking Program:
A continuation of the Christmas Stockings program started by the guild in 2014. These stockings will be made and filled for students in the Calhoun County Schools MVP Program through the Calhoun County Board of Education.
City of Oxford Quilt - Quilt to be made and hand quilted for presenting to the City of Oxford from LSQG.
Project Summary
- Monetary donations from the proceeds of the quilt show community service fundraiser were split and given to both charities.
- A "Dresden Plate" yellow and black quilt for the City of Oxford was sewn by the guild and the Handquilters at the Oxford Library hand quilted. The quilt was presented to the city at the quilt show.
2015 Community Service Projects
Primary Projects -
"Fidget" quilts project:
Small lap quilts for area Alzheimer patients and Autistic students will be made with items sewn to the quilt that to provide activities to calm their fidgety hands.
Canned food drive project:
A "Christmas in July" canned food drive to support the Center of Concern will be conducted to supply food items before the school year and holiday season begins.
Christmas Stocking Program:
Annual Christmas Stockings program started by the guild in 2014. These stockings will be made and filled for students in the Calhoun County Schools MVP Program through the Calhoun County Board of Education.
Project Summary
- 106 fidget quilts were completed and provided to patients and students at Oxford City Schools, Calhoun County Schools, Golden Living Center - Oxford and Legacy Village Jacksonville Memory Center.
- 345 pounds of food collected in food drive for Center of Concern was conducted during July and August.
- 73 stockings were made and filled for students in need in the Calhoun County area and were given to the Calhoun County Board of Education to distribute to homeless children identified through the McKinley Vento Homeless Children Act.
2014 Community Service Projects
Primary Projects- Charity event at the Quilts by the Lake Quilt Show with proceeds will go to charities voted on by guild members. These are the Oxford Senior Citizen Center and Second Chance.
"Pretty Pockets" for patients required to leave the hospital with drain after surgery donated to local cancer center.
Project Summary - Oxford Senior Citizen Center - New refrigerator purchased for center. $500 cash donation to second Chance.
Additional Community Service Projects -
48 Christmas Stockings - made and filled for students in the Calhoun County Schools McKinney-Vento Program (MVP) Program in the Calhoun County area and given to the Calhoun County Board of Education.
225 pounds of non-perishable food items collected for food drive for the Center for Concern.
$50 donation to Girl Scout Troop 20009 to help fund troop activities.
2013 Community Service Projects
Primary Project: Chemo caps and wraps for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. These items will be taken to the Cancer Care Center in Anniston where they will be available for patients.
Project Summary: Approximately 125 caps and 40 wraps were made by members.
2012 Community Service Project Update
Primary Project: The community service project for 2012 will be provide lap quilts for NHC residents and children at Second Chance.
Project Summary: 20 children’s lap quilts made for Second Chance. 55 men and women's lap quilts for NHC nursing home residents.
JACKIE H. CRUMLEY
On January 13, 2015, our guild lost a precious member and friend, Jackie Crumley, after a very long battle with cancer. Jackie never lost her laughter, smile and love for her family, friends, our guild and her lifelong home of Oxford, Alabama.
Jackie will always be missed as a member of the Lick Skillet Quilt Guild.
BELINDA CAROL BURGESS
2015 HONORARY LICK SKILLET QUILT GUILD MEMBER
We were never fortunate enough to meet Belinda but are honored to make her an honorary member of our guild. Belinda was an avid quilter and her real calling was to care for others through her nursing career. Belinda passed away in May of 2015 after a short illness. Her family donated most of her quilting items to our guild to help with community service projects and programs so that her legacy of caring for others could live on. This donation has been and will continue to be instrumental in our project commitments as well as additional community needs. Alzheimer's patients, autism students, battered women, NICU babies, Girl Scouts and various other groups have and will benefit thanks to Belinda.