Kids warm up to YHS senior project

 

by Earlene Ward - Yosemite High School

— Submitted Photo

Stephanie Miller presents her favorite quilt to Pat Johnson of Project Linus. The stack of 23 quilts made by Miss Miller is on the table ready to be delivered to Children's Hospital Central California.

 

A Yosemite High School student's senior project will warm the hearts and bodies of 23 young patients at Children's Hospital Central California (formerly called Valley Children's Hospital).

Stephanie Miller learned to sew and then made 23 quilts to donate to Project Linus, which, in turn, will donate them to the hospital to be given to patients. The hospital may also give some of the quilts to children at Rotary House, which is part of the hospital in Madera County.

Stephanie said she enjoyed the project so much she is now making herself a Senior Memories quilt.

One of the requirements for the Project Linus quilts is that they be new, handmade and washable. Stephanie was assisted by women from her church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The material for the quilts was donated by the church, and some of the women joined her for two quilting potlucks to tie the quilts.

The local chapter coordinator for Project Linus is retired YHS teacher Pat Johnson of Bass Lake.

She accepted the quilts from Stephanie last week and will deliver them, along with approximately 100 more, to the hospital in the near future.

Mrs. Johnson said she is very impressed with Stephanie and the effort she put into the community service portion of her senior project. “These blankets are just wonderful,” Mrs. John­son said. “They will comfort children for years to come.”

The children get to keep the blankets when they leave the hospital.

Stephanie said she was inspir­ed to make the quilts after reading about Project Linus in the Sierra Star.

For more information about Project Linus, e-mail Mrs. Johnson at johnfam@sierratel.com.