If you are interested in official volunteer opportunities with the Amador Valley Quilt Guild, see the Job Descriptions and Volunteer Form for more information. To explore volunteer opportunities on one of our committees, please visit our volunteer opportunities form.
Community Quilts:
Community Quilts is an ongoing outreach project of Amador Valley Quilters. Our largest undertaking is to create quilts to be given to various individuals in local charitable organizations. The effort started in 1986, when 16 quilts were given to the Tri-Valley Haven for battered women. Today the project has expanded to 750 quilts given to 13 agencies who serve all ages, from premature babies to our seniors in wheelchairs.
Consult the Quilt Size Guide for appropriate donation guidance.
In December, we celebrate with the recipient organizations at a brunch we host during our general meeting. We meet the agencies’ representatives and have a parade of quilts. For videos of the 2021 ‘Parade of Community Quilts’, follow these links:
Quilt Donations 2021– A list and description of the agencies who received our quilts.
A dual-fold outreach program that assists with the making of quilt tops for Community Quilts is our quilting class at the Federal Correctional Institution women’s prison in Dublin. AVQ has maintained a presence there for over twenty five years. The program has changed over the years, but interest in quilting among the inmates has never been stronger. They are motivated and eager to learn.
Alameda County Fair:
AVQ provides its members the opportunity to volunteer in the Fiber Arts Building where the quilting exhibit is in place. Here we are available to answer questions of the fair attendees and generally have ongoing piecing or quilting at a table in the Fiber Arts Building.