Cumberland Valley Quilters Association (CVQA) based out of Franklin Tennessee was established in 1982. With a membership that spans multiple generations, it is over 160 members strong. Our mission, in short is to share what we love, and promote the art of quilting, learning through shared knowledge, lectures and workshops by nationally known quilting experts.
CVQA’s community outreach is an extension of our mission, with a long history of charitable acts. In just the past year, the CVQA has donated over 120 quilts, as well as pillowcases, stuffed animals, and wheelchair bags, to local and national charities. Involvement in the Ronald McDonald House, which features a spectacular quilt in their annual auction. CVQA also intensely focused on individuals in need, including those who suffered fires, flooding, tornadoes, illness, or personal tragedy. In addition, through our Quilts of Valor program, they have presented in gratitude over 100 quilts to veterans of the Armed Forces, as well as, police, EMTs and firefighters.
Special recognition in 2020 when the world was dealing with COVID-19 and the overwhelmingly demand for N95 masks all over the world, the members of the CVQA volunteered to help with Vanderbilt Hospitals call for home made mask. We brought our time and talent to the table to make thousands of masks out of surgical drapes supplied by the hospital to CVQA members. Working from Nashville to Columbia and everywhere in between, the team’s output was remarkable: producing 4000 masks in ten days, and a final total of 12,000 mask, in addition to over 1000 cloth masks that they had already made from their own supplies.
CVQA meets monthly and has a board of directors that manages the month-to-month operations and communications. During the 2020-2021 pandemic the meetings, lectures and workshop have all been completed over Zoom. We look forward to meeting in person in 2022 and growing our membership and community outreach.
CVQA’s community outreach is an extension of our mission, with a long history of charitable acts. In just the past year, the CVQA has donated over 120 quilts, as well as pillowcases, stuffed animals, and wheelchair bags, to local and national charities. Involvement in the Ronald McDonald House, which features a spectacular quilt in their annual auction. CVQA also intensely focused on individuals in need, including those who suffered fires, flooding, tornadoes, illness, or personal tragedy. In addition, through our Quilts of Valor program, they have presented in gratitude over 100 quilts to veterans of the Armed Forces, as well as, police, EMTs and firefighters.
Special recognition in 2020 when the world was dealing with COVID-19 and the overwhelmingly demand for N95 masks all over the world, the members of the CVQA volunteered to help with Vanderbilt Hospitals call for home made mask. We brought our time and talent to the table to make thousands of masks out of surgical drapes supplied by the hospital to CVQA members. Working from Nashville to Columbia and everywhere in between, the team’s output was remarkable: producing 4000 masks in ten days, and a final total of 12,000 mask, in addition to over 1000 cloth masks that they had already made from their own supplies.
CVQA meets monthly and has a board of directors that manages the month-to-month operations and communications. During the 2020-2021 pandemic the meetings, lectures and workshop have all been completed over Zoom. We look forward to meeting in person in 2022 and growing our membership and community outreach.
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Cumberland Valley Quilters Association
© 2007 Cumberland Valley Quilters Association
© 2007 Cumberland Valley Quilters Association