Quilters Quilt to Benefit Alzheimer’s
January 15, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
In Cross-country quilting for a cure, by Cassandra A. Fortin at BaltimoreSun.com, we learn about the quilts Mary Matton and other guild members are making for Alzheimer’s awareness and research funding.
Some of the 300 members of the Annapolis Quilt Guild are participating in the program through an initiative called the $1,000 Promise. The members have pledged to raise $1,000 for Alzheimer’s through the sale or auction of the quilts that they make and then donate, Matton said.
Guild members also are connected to the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative, started by quilter Ami Simms after her mother developed this disease. The AAQI consists of two parts: a traveling quilt exhibit and quilts made by contributors, then sold or auctioned to raise money for Alzheimer’s research.
In Ms. Fortin’s article, you’ll view a photo (by Amy Davis) of Mary Matton’s quilt and learn more about AAQI and the guild’s work.
Have you made a quilt for AAQI or seen the traveling exhibit? Made a “quilt for a cause?”
(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen
