Through the efforts of our members we provide comfort and cheer to the patients at the Riley Hospital for Children by making quilts for the Riley Cheer Guild.  The Spring Valley Quilt Guild has a chairperson in charge of purchasing materials, coordinating construction, and delivering quilts to the hospital periodically.
 

Quilts are needed to provide warmth and a homey touch to the young patients at Riley.  Just being in a hospital is a disquieting experience for a child of any age, and this program is just a small effort to make the experience a little less inhibiting.

The quilts are stored in The Cheer Guild's Toy Room and distributed to children by hospital staff.  The small quilts for infants need only be two thicknesses of cloth with no batting or filling.  One side may be flannel and the other cotton material with no attachments or enhancements that could be detached.  The backside of the quilt should be of a dark material; navy, black, or brown as some quilts are placed over isolettes to keep the light out.  The other side should be a pattern or design that would be appealing to children.  There are no real restrictions on color or thickness for the larger quilts.

QUILT SIZES
30" x 35"
36" x 48"
45" x 60
72" x 80
 

Afghans, either knitted or crocheted, are also given to the patients at Riley.  They need to be made following the same size guidelines as the quilts and need to made out of new yarn.

A donation of either of these items is a welcome sense of home and comfort to a child as well as their parents and Riley staff during a hospital stay.

Donations can be sent to:
The Cheer Guild
Riley Hospital, Room 4599-B
702 Barnhill Drive
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

Or they can be dropped off at the Information Desk
at Riley Hospital.  Questions to 317-274-8705.