Glade Quilters receive volunteer award

The Glade Quilters received a Governors Outstanding Volunteer Award Oct. 29 at an annual dinner at Dover Downs. For more than 18 years, the Glade Quilters have provided 4,500 quilts to local community organizations as well as directly to those in need in Sussex and Kent counties.

What started out as a 1- or 2-women effort has turned into a dynamic 9- to 10-person assembly line. Each woman uses her particular talents in what she does. The result is a work of art for the recipients to cherish for years to come.

Not only have Bayhealth Hospital patients benefited from this generosity, many veterans and people who are homeless have as well. The Glade Quilters also set aside quilts for donation to nonprofits, which then auction the quilts at fundraising events.  

Members have helped many people at all stages of life in a variety of ways. Their donation of quilts to mother and baby at Bayhealth, teens who are homeless, nonprofit fundraisers, and to the veterans home ensures those in need receive a quilt.

The women from Glade Quilters all want to make this world a better place, and do so by using their talents to help others through quilts.