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 Arlene Adams or Linda Dayag if you’d like to contribute!
Several people asked about the 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 – 5 quilts and quilted 1 Na Lima quilt; Sandy Choy – binding/labels on 8 quilts, cut fabric for 200 Christmas pillowcase case kits; Ellen Huntley – 5 baby quilts.
Deliveries: Linda Dayag – Straub Hospital – 10 quilts; Rose Craven –
U.S. Vets – 11 quilts, 2 bed sheet sets; Margaret Teruya–10 palliative
quilts to Kapiolani Hospital. They were delighted to received them;
Jordan, the coordinator, said they are distributed as soon as they come in.
Any questions, please contact Linda Dayag: quilter45@hawaii.rr.com or Arlene Adams: kauanoeanuhea95@gmail.com.
Community Service Project: Hawksbill Turtle
Due to the outstanding contributions to the Hawksbill Turtle Project, we have been able to make one large quilt, three table runners, and two wall hangings. We thank you for the batting, fabric, blocks, quilting that have been donated to the cause. Wait for the January meeting, and see, not only, what happened to all of the turtle blocks, but also all of the additional projects that have been created, as well. Our Guild has
been overwhelmingly generous to this project.
Thank you. Tracy, Donna and others.
NA LIMA ANNUAL REPORT JULY 1, 2024-June 30, 2025
Children’s Justice Center – 73 quilts, 136 pillowcases; Fisher House: 9 quilts, 9 pillowcases;
Straub Hospital: 84 quilts;
Kapiolani Hospital: 68 quilts, 8 kihei pili, 6 bibs, 4 burp cloths;
Mary Jane Home: 2 quilts, 9 kihei pili;
U. S. Vets: 56 quilts, 18 sheet sets;
Shriner’s Hospital: 69 quilts, 92 pillowcases.
TOTALS: 361 quilts, 239 pillowcases, 17 kihei pili, 6 bibs, 4 burp cloths, 18 sheet sets.