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 July: Jeannie Salmon – 5 quilts; Ellen Huntley – 4 quilts; Rose Craven – 3 sheet sets; Linda Dayag – 2 quilts; Ann Tom – 1 quilt; Ellen Owens – 1 kihei pili; Sandy Choy 5 kihei pili; Terri Brown – 10 pillowcases; Tina Tom – quilted 10 quilts.
Pillowcase kits – Joedy Hu 4, Colleen Zoller 1, Kaila Wang 5, Sandy Aila 12. Since April Sandy Choy has done binding and labels on over 50 quilts. (I have probably missed a lot of quilters – got lots of pillowcases but return dates were not filled in so I don’t know who turned them in.)
Deliveries: Mary Wunch – Children’s Justice Center 5 quilts/pillowcases; Shriner’s Hospital 5 quilts/pillowcases; Rose Craven – U.S. Vets 12 quilts, 4 sets single bed sheets; Kay Anguay – Fisher House 4 quilts/pillowcases.
Any questions, please contact Linda Dayag – quilter45@hawaii.rr.com or Arlene Adams –
kauanoeanuhea95@gmai.com.
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.