How we began
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Our Mission:
Wrapping cancer patients and their families in comfort and hope, one quilt at a time.
Our Stitching:
Quilts That Care was founded by Deborah Van Steenbergen and a handful of friends in April 2012. Deborah began accompanying her husband Robert to The Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center in Waterbury, CT in early 2012 as he underwent cancer treatment. She was disheartened to see so many patients going to and coming from treatment alone. She wanted to help bring comfort – even just a little – to those going through so much. So she combined her passion for quilting with her drive to help and soon after Quilts That Care was born.
At first, the group set out to create 12 hand-crafted quilts by the end of 2012 to give to cancer patients undergoing treatment at The Harold Leever Cancer Center. In a matter of a few months, Quilts That Care expanded to over 50 members; and by the end of the 2012, the group had created 107 quilts. As of March 2025, we have donated over 8000 quilts made by over 100 volunteers.
Today, Quilts that Care donates their one-of-a-kind quilts to cancer patients undergoing treatments at:
Our Quilts:
Each quilt is handmade by a single group member or a team of group members. Some quilts are created with a specific patient in-mind featuring a favorite color or hobby, but all are lovingly created for the same purpose – to provide warmth and comfort to those undergoing cancer treatment. Our inspiration is, and forever will be, each and every individual cancer patient. Their hope and strength inspire us all.
Wrapping cancer patients and their families in comfort and hope, one quilt at a time.
Our Stitching:
Quilts That Care was founded by Deborah Van Steenbergen and a handful of friends in April 2012. Deborah began accompanying her husband Robert to The Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center in Waterbury, CT in early 2012 as he underwent cancer treatment. She was disheartened to see so many patients going to and coming from treatment alone. She wanted to help bring comfort – even just a little – to those going through so much. So she combined her passion for quilting with her drive to help and soon after Quilts That Care was born.
At first, the group set out to create 12 hand-crafted quilts by the end of 2012 to give to cancer patients undergoing treatment at The Harold Leever Cancer Center. In a matter of a few months, Quilts That Care expanded to over 50 members; and by the end of the 2012, the group had created 107 quilts. As of March 2025, we have donated over 8000 quilts made by over 100 volunteers.
Today, Quilts that Care donates their one-of-a-kind quilts to cancer patients undergoing treatments at:
- The Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center, Waterbury
- AccentCare Hospice, Middlebury
- Bristol Hospital, Bristol
- Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Torrington
- Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford
- Danbury Hospital, Danbury
- Dr. Nicole Sookhan, Waterbury
- The Cancer Center at Griffin Hospital, Derby
- Hartford HealthCare at Home, Watertown and Southington
- Midstate Medical Center, Meriden
- New Milford Hospital, Diebold Family Cancer Center
- Saint Mary’s VITAS, Waterbury
- St. Francis Hospital, Hartford
- The Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute at the Hospital of Central Connecticut, Plainville
- The Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain
- The Yale/ Smilow Cancer Center, New Haven
- Trinity Health at Home, Waterbury
- University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington
- Veteran’s Hospital, Newington
- Visiting Nurses & Hospice of Litchfield County, Winsted
- Whittingham Cancer Center at Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk
- New Milford Hospital Hospice
- Add Backus Hospital, Norwich
- Add Windham Hospital, Windham
Our Quilts:
Each quilt is handmade by a single group member or a team of group members. Some quilts are created with a specific patient in-mind featuring a favorite color or hobby, but all are lovingly created for the same purpose – to provide warmth and comfort to those undergoing cancer treatment. Our inspiration is, and forever will be, each and every individual cancer patient. Their hope and strength inspire us all.
