Organization/Agency

Population Served

Web site

Guild Participation

Early Head Start/ Head Start -  Lee County Schools

Programs provide comprehensive, developmental services for low-income children ages birth to three, pre-schoolers from three to five, and social services for their families

http://earlychildhood.leeschools.net/Head_start2.htm

Quilts: cuddle/comfort size (42” x 42” or up to 45” long)

Collection peaks in August prior to new school year.

Foot Steps to the Future, Inc.

Assists local young women as they age out of foster care.

http://www.footstepstothefuture.org/

Quilts: Standard twin bunk size

(54” x 84”)

HealthPark Medical Center

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

http://www.leememorial.org/facilities/healthpark.asp

Quilts: baby

(36” x 42”)

Hope Hospice, NFM

Patients use quilts for warmth and comfort.

http://www.hopehospice.org

Quilts: lap size (42” x 54”)

MEDSTAR Critical Care Helicopter Transport Service

Lee County EMS provides 24-hour helicopter service to Lee County and surrounding counties

http://www.medstar.cc/about/

Quilts: Variety needed including baby, lap, and odd-sized quilts

Nations Association Charities, Inc.

Provides assistance to over 6000 clients with incomes less than $15,000 annually.

http://nationsassociation.org

Food/canned goods

Oct-Dec

Ronald McDonald House

Home-away-from-home for families with seriously ill children receiving medical treatment; on the campus of The Children's Hospital at HealthPark in South Fort Myers

http://www.ronaldmchouse.com/house.asp

Toiletries; aluminum soda can tabs; will accept any size quilts

TLC Children’s Complex

Provides emergency transitional housing; voluntary placement children's home to allow children of families with large sibling groups to remain together when separated from parents

http://www.tlccomplex.com

Quilts: Twin bunk (48” x 84”) or small twin-sized (54” x 84”, baby, comfort, lap); proceeds from Guild Christmas ornament auction