LifeCenter Northwest- One Quilt Story

Every Tuesday, we women in the Auburn community come together to sew, to laugh, to quilt, and to serve. One of the projects that we are privileged to participate in is for LifeCenter Northwest. Here is the link to their info page if you want to learn more about their amazing program: http://www.lcnw.org/about/

To summarize, LifeCenter Northwest is a non-profit organization that saves lives through organ and tissue donation. One way that they honor the donors is through a quilt. When a child or youth is dying and their organs and tissues will be donated, there is a special ceremony where the donor's hand prints and footprints can be inked and marked on the LifeCenter signature quilt. This quilt is laid upon them as a mark of respect. After the organs have been donated, the parents of the child who donated the organs receives the special quilt to remember the loving sacrifice. LifeCenter has an amazing counseling program to help grieving families and save lives, and we are grateful to be a part of this process.

This week, one of the quilts that we made was for an 18 week old baby girl. Although devastating to think of one so young passing away, we can see the marks of her hands (and her parents' hands) upon the quilt and this gives us hope. Hope for a new child whose life is now saved. These precious prints upon this beautiful quilt will help ensure that her donation is always remembered. This is much like the nail prints in the hands and feet of the Savior, who died saving all of us.