The James Stitching Sisters is a
group of volunteers who create lap quilts for breast cancer patients
receiving breast cancer
treatment at the JamesCare Comprehensive Breast Health
Center or at OSU East. The group was
formed in
2004 by Joanne Lester, a nurse practitioner at Ohio State's James
Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. The first quilts were distributed in June of
2005. Today, the group
includes hundreds of breast
cancer survivors, caregivers, family
members and friends interested in bringing warmth and strength to
breast cancer patients.
In 2010, efforts expanded to include children receiving radiation
therapy, patients with thoracic cancers, and Diversity Enhancement
projects at OSU East. 2011 brought more expansion to include walker bags for occupational therapists
at The Ohio State University who are treating patients that require
walkers for ambulation and quilts for women with gynecologic cancers
receiving chemotherapy.
Donations as of 3-31-13
Breast cancer
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5912
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Children
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115
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| Thoracic cancers |
248
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| Diversity Enhancement
projects |
175
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Walker bags
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210
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| Gynecologic cancers |
440
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Our
Mission
The James Stitching
Sisters are
devoted to bringing color, comfort, warmth and support to breast cancer
patients by creating and distributing handcrafted quilts.
Sewing
Center
The James Stitching
Sisters have
created a Sewing Center at 325 Cramer Creek Court in Dublin where they
regularly
meet to work on projects. This is possible due to a generous donation
of office space, originally from Frank Kass, Continental Realty. The
space is currently sustained by Nationwide Realty. The Sewing Center
has been up and running since October 2005 as a place to gather and
organize fabric, cut quilts, piece tops, machine quilt, and maintain
the breast cancer patient quilt program.
Anyone interested is
welcome to join
us as we work toward our goal of providing a quilt to each breast
cancer patient. We need
people to sew, sort fabric, iron, quilt and laugh. You can take kits
home to piece, completed tops to quilt, or completed quilts to bind.
How
You Can Help
Anyone can be part of
this project. We welcome time, talent and treasures in any shape, size
or form.
Share your time, talent
and treasures by:
- Working at home or
at the
Sewing Center on various projects. We need help with the creation and
completion of quilts, as well as non-sewing tasks.
- Lending creativity
in fabric selection, patterns, piecing, quilting, as well as other
non-sewing projects.
- Cleaning out your
fabric stash.
Donated fabric can be dropped off at the Sewing Center during volunteer
hours, or brought to JamesCare Comprehensive Breast Health
Center, ATTN: Joanne Lester, (614)
519-8995.
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Approximately 6,890 quilts donated as of 3-31-13
What's New
- The Quilts of Comfort Challenge for 2014 has
begun. This year there is a new way to enter. See the
Quilts of Comfort page for details. 4-22-13
- Kroger Rewards must be updated for 2013-2014. For instructions click here. 4-22-13
- Our 9th annual Quilt Day was held on April 6, 2013. Photos have been posted in the Photo Gallery. 4-9-13
- We are now distributing quilts to women with gynecologic cancers receiving chemotherapy. August 2011
- Look for us in the Quiltmaker magazine,
May/June 2011 edition. On page 16 there is an article, Comfort
for Cancer Patients, where the James Stitching Sisters is one of two
charities highlighted. March 2011
- We are making walker bags for the occupational
therapists at The Ohio State University who are treating patients that require walkers for ambulation. Feb. 2011
- Please register for the Kroger Community Rewards Program to raise money for the James Stitching Sisters. Dec. 2010
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