CHARITY OUTREACH

  
   PASCO KIDS FIRST IS THE RECIPIENT FOR THE FUNDS RAISED BY OUR 2022 OPPORTUNITY QUILT. 

TOGETHER WE RAISED $5000 FOR THIS WORTHY CAUSE.

 TICKETS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY QUILT. WE WILL BE SHARING INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR A NEW QUILT FOR 2024.   

PLEASE CHECK BACK AGAIN

 Pasco Kids First Inc. mission is to keep kids safe, strengthen families through empowerment and enhance our community by preventing child abuse and healing children from trauma.  

Pasco Kids First Inc. is a private non-profit organization serving Pasco and Hernando Counties.  They promote the awareness of child abuse and provide leadership to deliver the needed services to help children and families.

  They are a community based team of caring professionals devoted to improving the well-being of children.  Their team is actively engaged in the prevention, assessment and treatment of child abuse and neglect. 

For more information about Pasco Kids First Inc., go to their website www.pascokidsfirst.org  

 WPQG ANNUAL FINE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP 

We work in conjunction with the Pasco Education Foundation to provide for two, $1,000, Fine Arts Scholarship opportunities to Pasco County students.  Pasco County Graduating High School Seniors can apply for these scholarships through the

Pasco Education Foundation 

Congratulations to our 2022

Scholarship Recipients

Sophia Atkins

Eliana Gorecki

Applicants must be graduating High School Seniors and live in Pasco County Florida.  Applications and requirement details will be available through the Pasco Education Foundation 

 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  

 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 - TBA

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.