A story from a recipient:

“Last week, we had a young man come in. He had evacuated from his apartment complex during the storm and considered most of his belongings safe since he was on an upper floor. He stayed evacuated for two weeks, thinking that his apartment was safe as his complex had not called to let him know otherwise. Upon his return, he discovered that a tree had fallen through his apartment and all his possessions were now lost to the weather and molding. Among them was a quilt he had been given by his grandmother, who raised him and was his best friend until she passed away. Hearing his story from our caseworker, I went to our quilt selection and began searching for a quilt that had a pattern similar to what his grandmother may have favored when he was younger. I was pleased to rediscover the snowball quilt – one of the first we received.

I brought it out to him and told him ‘While it may not be the one your grandma made for you, someone’s grandma did make this with love and would want you to have it.’ He immediately burst into tears cuddling his new quilt, his own lost quilt was also a snowball. While we didn’t get a picture of him with his new quilt and we can’t provide his name – he wanted to let you and the Eager BEEvers Members of the Shenandoah Valley Quilters Guild (Bridgewater, VA) know he’s thankful to have a small piece of his life back.”