CHARITY OUTREACH
2024 OPPORTUNITY QUILT TO BENEFIT the "TOYMAKERS.ORG"
Every year, the members of the WPQG produce a bed sized quilt and sell opportunity tickets to the public to raise money for a local charity. There are many opportunities to view the quilt and purchase tickets, when the quilt is displayed around the community at different events.
One or two members are chosen yearly to coordinate this project and they enlist the help of many of our Guild members. This is a two-year commitment as it takes one year to complete the quilt and another year to sell the 5,000 (plus) chances.
Our new Opportunity Quilt for the 2024 is "Windows to the World". Nominations for recipients of the funds raised by this quilt were made by Guild members in late 2022.
The final decision on the charity has been made.
TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE.
100% of the monies raised from ticket sales will benefit the chosen charity.
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2024 "WINDOWS TO THE WORLD"
community outreach AND Opportunity Quilt
OPPORTUNITY QUILT
GUILD REGISTRATION AS AN OFFICIAL CHARITY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS
2024 OPPORTUNITY QUILT FUNDS RECIPIENT
Each year our members nominate organizations that require assistance with meeting the needs in our community.
The TOYMAKERS.ORG has been chosen to be the recipient of 100% of the funds raised from ticket sales from
our Guild's 2023-2024 Charity
Quilt program.
Opportunity tickets will be for sale at all West Pasco Quilters' Guild meetings along with other events being held in the community.
PLEASE VISIT THE TOYMAKERS.ORG WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION
2024 OPPORTUNITY QUILT FUNDS RECIPIENT
GUILD REGISTRATION AS AN OFFICIAL CHARITY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS
2024 OPPORTUNITY QUILT FUNDS RECIPIENT
Who are the Toymakers?
We are a not-for-profit corporation - IRS approved 501 (c)(3) - organization that consists entirely of volunteers who make simple wooden toys for sick and needy children. No one receives any compensation for their time. 100% of all donations that we receive goes to the supplies and material required to make these toys. All of our toys are designed to be safe and contain no nails, screws, or staples. We use child-safe paint and round off all sharp corners. Since 1982, we have donated over 425,000 toys to sick and needy children primarily in the Tampa Bay area of Florida but also to other countries through missionary and military friends.
GUILD REGISTRATION AS AN OFFICIAL CHARITY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS
GUILD REGISTRATION AS AN OFFICIAL CHARITY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS
GUILD REGISTRATION AS AN OFFICIAL CHARITY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS
A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION (SC-10822) AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE WITHIN THE STATE.
THIS TOLL-FREE NUMBER IS
1-800-435-7352.
REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR
RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.
THE WEST PASCO QUILTERS' GUILD, INC., IS A 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT CHARITY.
OPPORTUNITY QUILT HISTORY
OPPORTUNITY QUILT HISTORY
GUILD REGISTRATION AS AN OFFICIAL CHARITY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS
The following is a list of the Guild Opportunity Quilts, the year and amount of the donation, and the beneficiary. To date, our members have raised and donated $227,128 to local charities just from funds raised by our Opportunity Quilt ticket sales.
1988/90 – Funds (approximately $2,000) raised were used as start-up /operating income
1991/92 - “Pineapple” – $2,500 to Hernando/Pasco Hospice
1992/93 - “Stars from Stripes” – $2,000 to American Cancer Society (R.O.C.K.)
1993/94 - “Baltimore Chain” – $3,000 to CARES, Alzheimer Unit
1994/95 - “Banbury Cross” – $3,000 to Sertoma Speech & Hearing
1995/96 - “Butterflies in the Garden” – $4,000 to Lighthouse for the Blind
1996/97 - “Sunset, Sand & Florida Flowers” – $2,500 to Good Samaritan Clinic
1997/98 - “Irish Eyes” – $4,000 to S.O.L.V.E.
1998/99 - “Scrap Basket Social” – $4,000 to Hernando/Pasco Hospice
1999/00 - “Portobello Market” – $3,000 to Good Samaritan Clinic
2000/01 - “Millennium Celebration” – $3,200 to Special Olympics of Pasco County
2001/02 - “Carpenter’s Garden” – $5,000 -- Salvation Army Domestic Violence Program
2002/03 - "Majesty" - $4,000 - Holy Ground Homeless Shelter of Pasco County
2003/04 - "Swan Lake" - $4,500 - Children’s Assist. Program Hernando/Pasco Hospice
2004/05 - "Tropicale" – Total $3,000 - disbursed as follows: $1,500 - Salvation Army Domestic Violence Program, $1,500 - Operation Home Front Quilts Shipping
2005/06 - "Little Brown Bear"- $5,000 - HOPE Youth Ranch in Hudson
2006/07 - "When This You See, Remember Me"- $4,928 - Deaf Services Bureau of West Central Florida
2007/08 - "Floral Fantasy" - $8,250 - Safe Children's Coalition of West Pasco County
2008/09 - "Sew Many Memories" - $3,250 - Salvation Army Domestic Violence Program
2009/10 - "After the Storm"- $5,000 - NAMI
2010/11 - "Wildflower Serenade"- $5,000 - The Angelus (theangelus.com)
2011/12 - "Golden Kaleidoscope" - $3,500 -Salvation Army Domestic Violence Program
2012/13 - "Sleeping Under the Stars" - $4,000 RAP House Youth Center of New Port Richey
2013/14 - "The Cactus Rose" - $5,000 HOPE Youth Ranch in Hudson
2014/15 - "Double Rings at Midnight" - $5,000 Safety Town in Hudson
2015/16 - "North by Northwest" - $4,000 AMIkids Pasco
2016/17 - "Baltimore Gathering" - $5,500 A.F.I.R.E in New Port Richey
2017/18 - "Anniversary Album Quilt" - $5,500 The Toymakers, Inc. in Hudson 2018/19 - "Heart of the Home" - $2,500 Smile Faith Veterans Community Dental Clinic, New Port Richey
2019/20 - "Longitude 82 W" - $8,500 Honor Flight of Pasco County
2020-2022 - "Hot Tamale" - Pasco Kids First Inc., New Port Richey $5,000
2022-2024 - Toy Makers.org - Pasco County, FL
OPPORTUNITY QUILT HISTORY
HERE ARE SOME OF THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE DONATED TO as of March 2022
All Saints Food Pantry
American Red Cross-Katrina Fund Anclote Elementary School
Baldimero Lopez Veterans Nursing Home
Bay Pines Woman's Domicile
Beacon Community Church
Bear Creek Nursing Home
Boys and Girls Club
CARES Claude Pepper Senior Center Food Bank
Coalition for the Homeless of Pasco County
Community Congregational Church Food Bank
Compassionate Ministries Food Bank Cottee River Elementary
Cyesis
Dr. Mary Giella Elementary School Faith Baptist Church Food Bank
Faith Lutheran Church Food Bank
First Baptist Church of New Port Richey Food Bank
First Presbyterian Church of NPR Foster Care Association
First Baptist Church of Hudson Food Bank
Fox Hollow Elementary School
Grace Bible Church Food Bank Gulf Highlands Elementary School
Gulfview Grace Church Food Bank Habitat for Humanity of Pasco/Pinellas Healthy Start Coalition of Pasco
Hicks Road Initiative
Holiday Recreation Complex
Holy Ground Homeless Shelter
Honor Flight of Pasco County
HPH Hospice
Hudson Academy
Hudson Recreation Center-Friends of the Park
James M. Marlow Elementary School Linus Foundation
Living Faith Community Church of the Nazarene Food Bank
Maryland Avenue Shelter
Medical Center of Trinity NICU Metropolitan Ministries/Joining Hands New Port Richey Recreation & Aquatic Center
Northwest Elementary School
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church Food Bank
Ozanam
Pasco County Adoptive Parent & Foster Association
Pasco County Animal Services
Pasco County Sheriff's Office
Pasco Kids First
Pasco Pediatric Foundation
Quilts for Cops
R.A.P. House
Red Apple Schools
River Ridge Middle/High School Salvation Army Domestic Violence Center
Save Our Lives Volunteers
Sertoma Speech & Hearing Foundation Shady Hills Elementary
Shriners
SOLVE (S.O.L.V.E.)
Southern Pines Nursing Home
St Peter the Apostle Catholic Church Food Bank
St. James Catholic Church Food Bank St. Marks Presbyterian Church Food Bank
St. Michaels Catholic Church Food Bank Sunrise Domestic Violence Center Tandem Health Care of NPR
The Angelus
Treehouse Village Early Learning Ctr. Trinity Medical Center NICU
Trinity Presbyterian Church Food Bank Unity Truth Center for Pack-a-Snack V.A. Nursing Home
West Pasco Art Guild
West Pasco Habitat for Humanity
West Pasco Pregnancy Center