Donations

Periodically the guild is overflowing with donations and we would like to guide people to other organizations that work with these materials. Are you a member of a group or church that is currently taking quilting material donations? If you would like them to be included on a new guild webpage that will be shared with the public, please send the following to “newsletter@boisebasinquilters.org”.

Name of group/church
Contact person
Contact information
Types of materials you will accept
Brief description of how the donation will be used.

Also if you have quilts to donate, your family is from Idaho, and the quilts were made here, consider contacting:
  • The Idaho State Historical Society at https://history.idaho.gov/ They may be interested in displaying the quilts as part of the State’s history.
  • The Quilt Heritage Museum in Blackfoot, Idaho. Their website is: https://quiltheritagemuseum.org/ This museum is dedicated to preserving quilts and educating people about this art form.

Name of group: American Sewing Guild
Contact Person:
Gail Newlun, President of Boise/ID Group
Contact information: gailnewlun@gmail.com
Types of materials you will accept: Quilting fabrics and notions
Description of how the donation will be used: We have community service once a year, making items for the Veterans or St. Luke’s children’s hospital.

Name of group/church: Presbyterian Church Boise (Quilting from the Heart)
Contact person: Pat Kluckhohn
Contact information: pjkluckhohn@gmail.com or phone message to 208-288-4295
Types of materials you will accept: Any type that we can put into a quilt
Brief description of how the donation will be used: Quilts are donated to three different organizations: 2 charities that help abused and/or people needed to get into homes (Faces of Hope and CATCH) and one preschool program (Giraffe Laughs)