Donate A Quilt
All done with your beautiful new quilt but don’t have a specific service member in mind for gifting? Check out these organizations for donating your work to help gift a veteran a quilt.
We also encourage quilters to reach out to their local VFW and veterans' organizations, many of which can put you in contact with specific local service members.
Important: some organizations have specific guidelines for the quilts they will accept in terms of size, materials, colors, etc. Be sure to consult the organization’s website before beginning your project to ensure it will be accepted.
Freedom Quilts, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the mission of comforting mourning families. Over the years, their efforts have been dedicated to those families who have lost a loved one in the 9/11 tragedy and to the families of our fallen soldiers. Through the gift of a quilt, they strive to comfort these families and preserve the honor and memory of their loved ones.
American Hero Quilts was established in 2004 to provide recognition and appreciation to our wounded service men and women who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. They think of each quilt as a metaphoric hug and a way to express our gratitude for their service to our country. American Hero Quilts has over 800 volunteers participating in their program, ranging from piecers, binders, quilters to other helpers, including generous contributors. As of the end of 2020, they have provided approximately 30,200 quilts to deserving men and women and their families.
Quilts of Honor’s mission is to bestow a universal symbol and token of thanks, solace, and remembrance to those who serve in harm’s way to protect and defend our lives and freedoms. Quilts of Honor are made by the loving hands of countless volunteers who wish to thank those who have served and to honor their service and sacrifice.
The Giving Quilt, Inc. is a public, non-profit, charitable organization that promotes the creation and presentation of quilts that provide comfort to children and adults, and works to increase public awareness with a biennial public quilt exhibit and presentation ceremony. Organized in 2008 as a single quilt guild’s inspiration to provide quilts to wounded soldiers, it has grown into an organization that has provided hundreds of quilts to various non-profit agencies.
The Quilts of Valor Foundation (QOV) began in 2003 with a dream, literally a dream. Founder Catherine Roberts’s son Nat was deployed in Iraq. According to Catherine, “The dream was as vivid as real life. I saw a young man sitting on the side of his bed in the middle of the night, hunched over. The permeating feeling was one of utter despair. I could see his war demons clustered around, dragging him down into an emotional gutter. Then, as if viewing a movie, I saw him in the next scene wrapped in a quilt. His whole demeanor changed from one of despair to one of hope and well-being. The quilt had made this dramatic change.” Catherine saw the message of her dream as Quilts = Healing, and she founded QOV to make that dream a reality.
“The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.”
— Jeff Miller