FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa foster children will be warm and comfortable this winter following the Silver Threads Quilt Guild's recent donations to Children in Crisis.
Guild members donated 176 quilts, 112 pillowcases, 113 Christmas stockings, 67 tote bags and seven bags, each containing a Beanie Baby, to the nonprofit organization.
“Your hands did this and the children feel your love," Ken Hair, with Children in Crisis, said to guild members. He said CIC has given homes to over 500 children since 2008.
In addition, The Emerald Coast Parrot Head Club presented a $1,000 donation to help feed, clothe and care for the children living at the CIC Neighborhood.
The neighborhood has an emergency shelter for children removed without notice from an unsafe environment, family foster homes for young children and two teen transition homes for foster children aging out of care.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: 2 organizations help Children in Crisis