Surrey Domestic Abuse Society

DAS supports women and families fleeing domestic abuse. Providing abuse awareness presentations to community groups, a phone hotline and a 6 unit transition house.

These programs are all supported through the ongoing fundraising efforts with a thrift store, walkathons, silent auctions and an online Gala. Proceeds of each of these fundraising efforts supports each of their outreach programs as well as ongoing maintenance of the six unit shelter house.

The Guild is supporting DAS House by providing quilts for the transition house beds. You can find the quilt specifications here.

This picture shows a few of the beautiful quilts that were delivered to DAS. Thank you to Rita Steeple for the photos.

Special Care Nursery

The Guild donates small quilts to the Special Care Nursery of the Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of BC in Vancouver. These quilts accompany the babies when it is time to leave the hospital. Since the beginning of 1990, the Guild has given well over 10,000 quilts. You can find quilt specifications and patterns here.

COPS for CANCER TOUR de VALLEY

The Guild has again collected quilts for the Cops for Cancer Ride. This is our 16th year we have been donating quilts to this very worthwhile event.

The Tour de Valley Ride will consist of approximately 15 emergency response members i.e. RCMP, Firefighters and Border Guards who ride their bicycles 600 KMS from South Delta to Boston Bar and back to raise funds for Pediatric Cancer research and Camp Goodtime. Each rider carries a photo of their buddy, the child for whom they are riding and who is either on cancer treatment or in remission. A quilt is then presented to the Buddies at the Opening Ceremonies. Other quilts are handed out during the Ride itself to children who may live outside the lower mainland or a family member who may need a ‘hug’.

The quilts can be unisex or boy/girl specific approximately 40” X 60”. Bright cheerful colours and ages 5- 16 are the norm but infants and younger children can also be afflicted so all sizes are appreciated as the children grow and some quilts can be taken to newly diagnosed children in hospital.

Carole Hando

If there are questions I can be contacted by e-mail chando@shaw.ca