Toronto Quilt Shop to Host Project Linus Community Service Day

Toronto, Canada, June 25, 2008 --(PR.com)-- On July 15, 2008 from 10:00 to 3:00 Sew Sisters Quilt Shop will be having a Community Service Day. People bring their sewing machines and and join together to make quilts for Project Linus. Sew Sisters provides all the fabric as well as the instructions to make quilts for charitable donation. This is a day of friendship, fun and accomplishment.

"We are very thankful to be able to lend our hearts and hands to helping the community", says store owner Judy Baldwin, "it is a privelege to be able to make something that will bring joy to a sick child".

Project Linus is a 100% volunteer, non-profit organization. Its mission is to provide love, a sense of security, warmth, and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need, through the gifts of ne, homemade, washable quilts, blankets, and afghans, lovingly crafted by volunteer blanketeers.

Sew Sisters collects your handmade items and sends them on to Project Linus where they are distributed to children in need. You can drop off your contributions at any time.

Visit the Project Linus website to learn more about this wonderful organization and for free patterns to use in making your quilt, blanket, or afghan.

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