Hawley Donation by Anne Savage

Hawley Donation

by Anne Savage

Evelyn Marie Hawley loved quilting and helping people in need. She was an active volunteer with Project Linus, a non-profit organization that provides handmade quilts and blankets to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need of the warmth and security a homemade blanket of their own can provide.

Her daughter, Reston resident Karen Harley, honored her mother, who died in April from COVID-19-related complications, by donating her quilting stash to the greater community. She placed bins and bins of cotton fabric in front of her home for contact-free pick up to supply the largest number of mask makers. When she learned about Nova Labs’ large-scale effort to make masks for front-line workers, she shared a substantial amount of that fabric with us. This generous donation has enabled us to make hundreds of beautiful fabric face masks for medical professionals, first responders, and other essential workers who need them. Specific beneficaries of Hawley donation masks include HealthWorks, Children’s Hospital, and Unity Healthcare. The photos accompanying this article provide a glimpse of some of the Evelyn Hawley masks in progress. Cutting, assembling, and sewing the masks has been an extensive and heartfelt team effort by Nova Labs members and volunteers, and we are very grateful to the Hawley family for this gift.

Thanks to Karen, her mother’s quilting fabric continues to help and protect people in need.

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