Donations from Fabric Stores?

JerseyGirlAtHeart · October 2011

Does anyone know what stores, if any, are good at donating? I contacted Hobby Lobby and they dont do local donations, which kind of iratates me. Not that they didnt donate to me, but that they dont support their communities.

I am on my companys Relay for Life team, and we are trying to get fabric donations/gift cards. We have 2 people wanting to make us quilts to raffle off, but we would love to be able to get the fabric for free or atleast some money towards it.

cawsings · October 2011

Joann's supposedly does "corporate giving" but I submitted a form through their website and got the response that they have too many requests and wouldn't donate anything (we were looking for donation of felt for poodle skirts for my 3rd-5th grade Christmas musical). I was disappointed because I figured they would do something.

mah482 · October 2011

Have you spoken to the managers of your local stores? In college I was in a club that wanted to make blankets for Project Linus. The manager gave us these cards that gave us 15 or 20% off of our fabric purchases at that location only. I know it's not a donation, but every little bit helps.

maryandkirk0909 · October 2011

I'm going to second mah's suggestion to go to local stores. They're much more likely to help out a community based project.

For quilts, you can also seek fabric from other sources- request linens that go unsold via garage sales on craigslist, post wanted and free ads, search garage sales yourself. Not everything has to come from a fabric store to make a really nice quilt (especially the backings, which is what eats up the most yardage anyway).

JerseyGirlAtHeart · October 2011

mah482:
Have you spoken to the managers of your local stores? In college I was in a club that wanted to make blankets for Project Linus. The manager gave us these cards that gave us 15 or 20% off of our fabric purchases at that location only. I know it's not a donation, but every little bit helps.

I called Hobby Lobby but I am going to call Hancocks in the morning. Those are the only two that we have around here.

adhdfashion · October 2011

Back when I did 4-H as a kid. We got a special discounted price on items for charity projects. My Mom and I just talked the manager at Joanns. I find talking to people face to face is way more effective than over the phone. When it comes to raising funds or prize for charity events.

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