The Ugly Quilt Mission Group
Thank you for your contribution to our Ugly Quilt sleeping bag project. Our volunteer group has been working for over 25 years making these sleeping bags for the homeless. As of March 2017, we are nearing 16,000 sleeping bags. (We made it 3/30/2017!) We use donated blankets, bedspreads, sheets, mattress pads, comforter , and fabric. Four men's neckties are used to tie each bag. Each bag also contains what we call a ditty bag with hygiene supplies, towel, socks, t-shirt, a ball cap or warm knitted cap, and games for the children's bags. Dog beds made from left over craps are donated to animal hospitals and shelters.
We meet Thursday morning at the First United Methodist Church across from the Mesa Arts Center. We are a mission of the church and affiliated with a national group called My Brother's Keeper. Our sleeping bags are distributed by the Salvation Army, local veterans organizations and several area churches. Our volunteers come from various church denominations and include a host of winter visitors from all over the U.S. and Canada.
Your contribution is greatly appreciated by those who work with these sleeping bags, but even more so by those who slept a little warmer last night.