For information about Bienvenidos Quilts, please contact:
Rachel Stevens
Rachel.bienvenidosquilts@gmail.com
Send your quilts to:
Susan Adcock
2420 NW Marshall St., Apartment #204
Portland, OR 97210
Email: Susan.adcock48@gmail.com
Making Quilts
Bienvenidos Quilts makes its home at the First Congregational United Church of Christ (FCUCC) in Portland, Oregon, where the “First Crew” of quilters originally came from the church’s women’s group. Here we make and receive quilts from around the country, so far including:
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Carroll County, New Hampshire
- Cedar Hills United Church of Christ, Portland, Oregon
- Eureka, California
- Hillsboro United Church of Christ, Hillsboro, Oregon
- Menlo Park, California
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Nipomo, California
- Portland, Oregon
- Puget Sound, Washington
- Sacramento, California
- Santa Cruz and Monterey Quilters, Santa Cruz, California
- Creative Quilters, Sun City, Arizona
- Sunriver, Oregon
- Vancouver, Washington
- West Linn, Oregon
Giving Quilts
Bienvenidos Quilts was first envisioned as a response to kids sleeping on the floor of detention centers. However, due to volume and government considerations, nearly all of our quilts are distributed via shelters along our southern border.
- Ainsworth United Church of Christ, Portland, Oregon
- Casa Alitas, Tucson, Arizona
- Green Valley – Sahuarita Samaritans, Sahuarita, Arizona
- La Casa de Misericordia, Nogales, Mexico
- Ukrainian Bible Church, Fairview, Oregon
- Voices from the Border, Patagonia, Arizona