Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii recently requested specially sized baby quilts for the Neonatal ICU. They are urgently needed.
They will be used to cover the incubators and need to be small (no more than 33 inches by 33 inches) so they won’t get in the way of all the equipment. They don’t need to be fancy. Also, when parents come in to see their babies (especially for the first time) the plastic cover of the incubator, all the tubes and such can be quite overwhelming for the new mom & dad. The staff have found that having a quilt covering the plastic softens the scene & helps the parents a lot.
We recently were able to donate 76 larger baby quilts made by the Oahu Modern Quilt Guild members to the regular nursery of Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children. Let’s see if we can sew and donate both sizes of baby quilts and surpass our recent donation.
If you want to help us with either endeavor, please contact Sue at 808quilts@gmail.com.
If you want to join our group, contact communications@oahumodernquiltguild.com
Baby in incubator courtesy of photostockeditor.com.
Swaddled baby courtesy of OMQG member.
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