How to Help

    Thank you to all the volunteers who help by sponsoring, assembling or sewing Touch Quilts.

    Many caring hands create Touch Quilts for someone to enjoy, with an average of more than five community hours spent per quilt.

    How to Help

    1. Sponsoring Touch Quilts


    Sponsor Touch Quilts for a Personal Care Home:

    Sponsor a personal care home for every resident to receive a Touch Quilt. Select from various pricing levels.
    Click here to read about the sponsorship levels and benefits included

    Click here to sponsor a personal care home

    Sponsor Individual Touch Quilts:

    Sponsor one or more Touch Quilts with an opportunity to personalize your quilt with a person's name or In Memory of someone special. A full tax receipt will be issued.
    Click here to sponsor individual quilts


    2. Assembling Touch Quilt Kits

    Sign up for the next Touch Quilt kit rally!

    The Alzheimer Society of Manitoba hosts community rallies for volunteers to help cut, sort, count fabric and assemble Touch Quilt kits. Any amount of time you can volunteer is greatly appreciated! No quilting or sewing skills are required.

    To register as a volunteer, please email Pat or Andrea at touchquilts@alzheimer.mb.ca or call 204-943-6622 ext 232.

    3. Sewing Touch Quilts


    Volunteers needed to sew Touch Quilts!


    The Alzheimer Society can provide you with a kit including all material necessary to complete your Touch Quilt or you can use your own fabric.
    Click here for instructions on how to make a Touch Quilt

    If you would like to request a kit to sew a quilt, please email Pat or Andrea at touchquilts@alzheimer.mb.ca or call 204-943-6622 ext 232.

    We receive about 15 Touch Quilt tops almost every month and are looking for volunteers interested in completing the quilts for us. If you're interested in doing this, please email Pat or Andrea at touchquilts@alzheimer.mb.ca or call 204-943-6622 ext 232.

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