After donating
pillowcases, I received
thank-you cards. One
recipient said, ‘Nobody
ever loved me enough
to do something like
this for me.’
ÑErica Skouby of Nine Patch Quilt
& Fabrics in Nevada, MissouriCAMP CONTRIBUTIONS
In 2013 Coral Stickland started making
pillowcases for Camp Ukandu, a week-
long program in Oregon for kids living
with cancer and their families, after
her daughter, 16-year-old Shannon,
passed away from a rare pediatric
cancer. During her treatment,
Shannon and her brother attended the
camp. “Since Shannon’s passing, I’ve
continued to support Camp Ukandu
by making pillowcases based on the
camp’s theme for the year—wild
west, carnival, space, under the sea,
whatever,” Coral says. “The teenagers
who attend can take one home. This
is my way of paying back the camp
volunteers for the support they give to
all the children. To date, I’ve made and
contributed 250 pillowcases and will
continue to do so as long as there is a
need and I can do it!”MORE THAN 800,
PILLOWCASES HAVE
BEEN DONATED SINCE THE
CHALLENGE BEGAN IN 2010.
Recipients have included:- children’s hospitals
- hospice centers
- nursing homes
- homeless shelters
- youth shelters
- domestic violence/women’s
shelters - Ronald McDonald Houses
- veteran’s clinics/hospitals
- victims of natural disasters
1 MILLION
Almost there! We are close to our goal of sewing and donating
one million pillowcases to charities. Will you help us cross the finish line?PILLOWCASE
CRICKET COMFORTS
When Heidi Farrin’s son was in the
hospital, she and her daughter made
him a cheerful pillowcase. It served
as a icebreaker when doctors, nurses,
and other staff members came into his
room. When a nurse commented that
other hospitalized kids might like to
have their days brightened by special
pillowcases too, Cricket Comforts,
a community service organization,
was born. What started as just Heidi
and her daughter has grown to 10–
women meeting every month to create
pillowcases. In the last nine years,
the group has delivered more than
15,000 pillowcases to local hospitals
in Maine. “The pillowcases start as a
smile and a good wish and become a
familiar friend to carry on a personal
journey of healing,” Heidi says. Her
motto is “Sew many pillowcases, so
many smiles.”18 APQ •August 2019