Nā Lima ALOHA (THE HANDS THAT LOVE)
Nā Lima Aloha was established in July 2004 as a community service to support various organizations and agencies throughout Oahu and to support relief operations in other areas as well. Through the donations of smaller-sized quilts, we share our aloha with displaced, needy, or critically ill children and adults. Organizations we have contributed to in the past include various senior citizen convalescent homes, the Veterans Administration Center for the Aging, hospitals, abuse shelters, and foster care facilities. In the past year we have donated over 300 items throughout the island. Fabric donations are always welcome, so please contact our Arlene Adams or Linda Dayag if you’d like to contribute!
Several people asked about sizes of quilts. Linda made the following suggestions:
Adult (male/female) 36 x 36 (comfort quilts for palliative care at Straub Hospital. Size is per their request);
Children 42 x 48; Adults (Leahi Hospital) 52 x 62; Vets 60 x 70. These are suggestions; they can be slightly
larger or smaller (but nothing smaller than 36 x 36)
Latest news….
We received the following during December: Jeannie Salmon – 6 quilts and quilted 2 Na
Lima quilts; Sandy Choy – binding on 12 Na Lima quilts; Barbara Alama – 7 quilts; Tina
Tom – binding on 13 Na Lima quilts. Linda made the following deliveries: Children’s Justice Center –9 quilts w/pillowcase; Shriner’s Hospital – 6 quilts w/pillowcases; Straub Hospital Palliative Care – 11 quilts; Kapiolani Hospital Palliative Care – 6 quilts.
(Quilts for palliative care – tops, binding and backs by Celia Fraser, a former member of the guild. Then
quilted with donated batting from Barbara Alama). Mahalo to everyone who helped Na Lima in 2024.
ANNUAL REPORT – JULY 2023 THRU JUNE 2024
Shriner’s Hospital – 81 quilts, 248 small pillows, 90 pillowcases; Leahi Hospital – 81 quilts, 18 kihei pili;
Hawaii Pacific Health – 99 lap quilts; Children’s Justice Center – 86 quilts, 4 kihei pili, 107 pillowcases, 7
bears, 5 boxes children’s books. TOTALS: 347 quilts, 197 pillowcases, 22 kihei pili, 247 small pillows, 7
bears.
Thank you for all your contributions.
Any questions, please contact Linda Dayag – quilter45@hawaii.rr.com or Arlene Adams –
kauanoeanuhea95@gmai.com.
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Shoebox Project
One of Hawaii Quilt Guild’s on-going charity opportunities is the Shoebox Project*. Each year volunteers all around the country gather to fill small boxes with gifts, toys, and necessities for children in need. Several thousand boxes are packed in Hawaii each November. How can you help this project? Pick up a project kit at the next Guild meeting. Sewing projects include simple quilted hearts, stuffed fabric fish, shorts, dresses, and skirts. The patterns and instructions are easy to follow even for beginning sewers. Every little bit helps when teams of volunteers gather to pack the Shoeboxes. At the June meeting the Shoebox Donation basket was filled to the brim with donations including: chubby stuffed fish, colorful knit caps and washcloths, transparent pill bottles to use for sewing kits, colorful cards, and notepads. Thank you, quilters. Be mindful that donations need to be clean, usable, and ready for the volunteers to select as they pack each child’s gift box. *To learn more about the Shoebox Project and see an extensive list of requested donations: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/pack-a-shoe-box.
Thank you to all the members who have donated gift items for this year’s Shoebox Project. Soon volunteers across Hawaii will pack the last of 50,000 gift boxes that will be sent to children in need all over the world. Many of those boxes contain treasures from the Hawaii Quilt Guild. We will resume collecting donations in March. In the meantime, start saving fabric and batting scraps for several new simple to sew projects. Marilyn thanks us and sends her abundant blessings along with a photo of children opening their boxes.
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