PAHRUMP, Nev. - Quilts 4 Cancer, a local non-profit organization, needs community support to reach out to help veterans' children who are suffering with cancer.

Longtime volunteers Jim and Barb Johnston provide love and support to others by sewing and quilting. As co-founders and directors of Quilts 4 Cancer, their mission is to give comfort to those with cancer through the warmth of quilts.

"We know cancer in children is hard. Many veterans are not home when their child has undergone cancer treatments, and we want to ensure all of these children in Nevada have a comfort quilt," Johnston said.
Quilts 4 Cancer has helped local veterans and their families since 2004. Quilts are made every year to help keep patients warm while they undergo treatment. Past veteran-based projects include Christmas stockings and care packages in quilted bags for troops.
With no local sponsor, the organization needs donations and supplies for the outreach project. This includes funding for batting and backing fabric, 100 percent cotton fabric tops and all other unwanted quilting and sewing supplies. Batting and wide backing fabric needs to be ordered "in bulk", when donations of funds received.

"I know funds are tight, yet I have faith $ 2500.00 will be donated to complete this project", noted Barb Johnston. Funding must be received by Sept. 1, to ensure all supplies are ordered and received for the volunteers to start quilt making.

"Our goal is to have 300 finished quilts by November 2011, and given to veterans' children in the same month," Johnston said.

Quilting supplies and donations can be sent to :

As a 501C3 charity all donations are tax deducible as allowed by law.  You may mail your donation to:

Quilts 4 Cancer
P O Box 4702
Pahrump, NV 89048

Please enclose the following,
Please use my donation for:

Children quilts, Adult, Veterans, General funds, To Honor:...

Contact Barb Johnston at 775-751-5356 or click here to email Barb for more donation information.

All checks payable to Quilts 4 Cancer can be mailed to the same address.

All donations are used to make bulk purchases.   We have a few vendors that give us very low cost pricing in bulk orders.  A donation of $ 50.00 off sets the cost of one quilt.

Dawn Gibbons Supports National Quilt Day Event for New VA Hospital.

Pahrump, Nev. - Dawn Gibbons supports local non-profit's efforts to bring comfort to Veterans. Quilts 4 Cancer is hosting a quilting day event in honor of their Veterans Project on National Quilt Day, March 19.    Gibbons is the former First Lady of Nevada and a former state Assemblywoman and now Director of Community Relations for the NBC affiliates - Channel 3 in Las Vegas, Channel 4 in Reno and Channel 10 in Elko.

Gibbons, the guest of honor, is speaking at 3 p.m. to bring awareness to the cause.  The event begins at 9 a.m. at the United Methodist Church located at 372 Pahrump Valley Blvd.  Gibbons is  the former First Lady of Nevada and a former state Assemblywoman and now Director of Community Relations for the NBC affiliates - Channel 3 in Las Vegas , Channel 4 in Reno and Channel 10 in Elko

Volunteers will be tying quilts from 9 a.m. until 2p.m. Gibbons will speak in support of the project at 3 p.m. during the press conference.  Finished quilts will be on display for all to enjoy.  The public and media are invited to attend the event and help support the Veteran's Project.

"More often than not, Veterans are alone and without family while in the hospital, we have seen firsthand how much a quilt can provide warmth and comfort to them… we wanted to do something special for the opening of the VA Hospital to honor all Veterans." said Barb Johnston, co-founder and director of  Quilts 4 Cancer.

Quilts 4 Cancer's Veterans Project aims to make 300 quilts for the new Southern Nevada VA Hospital. The goal is to have a quilt on every bed for the opening of the hospital in spring 2012. There is still a need for volunteers and donations in order to complete the project by opening.  Funding is needed for supplies. A donation of
$ 50.00 will off set the cost of one quilt.

An independent national charity, Quilts 4 Cancer is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization.