Sewing guild donates handmade quilts to new area nonprofit

The San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sewing Guild meets weekly to sew child-sized and adult lap quilts to donate to those in need and has done so for years. For example, the guild gives these handmade quilts to families at the border, to Alzheimer's patients in nursing homes, to children in foster care, to children in Head Start and to others.

This month, guild members said they are adding a new local organization, the Open Arms Wrap Around Closet, a new non-profit organization of the local University Church of Christ.

Open Arms is collecting donations and sorting, organizing and arranging these for display. The organization will hold a grand opening of these displays on April 4.