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Tommy Jones sqeezes his new pillow while standing in front of the quilt given to him Monday afternoon at Wallace State Community College. by Amanda Shavers-Davis
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Add a comment on this storyA group of quilters helped brighten the day Monday for two local elementary school students being treated for cancer.
Volunteers from Wallace State Community College, local businesses and other organizations stitched squares for two quilts presented to Tommy Jones, a student at Cullman Primary School, and Andruw Sims, a Holly Pond Elementary School student. The quilts were designed through Love Quilts, an organization made up of individuals who design quilt squares for children who have cancer.
Those who stitched squares for Jones’ and Sims’ quilts included students, full- and part-time faculty and staff from Wallace State, Cullman Savings Bank employees, and other individual volunteers from Cullman, Blount, Marshall, Winston and Colbert counties, and from Atlanta.
LaDonna Allen, director of retention at Wallace State, coordinated the event.
“I think it’s an amazing thing,” said Sabrina Reed, Jones’ mother. Reed is a pre-nursing student at Wallace State. “To know that all these women really put in a lot of their heart and so much effort is kind of overwhelming.”
Reed’s son is receiving treatment for High Risk T Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Stage 4. Sims is being treated for Bilateral Retinblastoma, which is cancer of the eye. His family is actively involved in Relay for Life, and his sister, Ashleigh, is a winner of the American Cancer Society Award.
Jones’ quilt had a transportation theme and consisted of squares featuring various vehicles including fire trucks, bulldozers, a corvette and a cement truck, with one square featuring his dog, a schnauzer named Sonny. Sims’ quilt consisted of squares with designs of different dog breeds including a Siberian husky, German shepherd, basset hound, boxer and an Irish setter.
Vicki Scott, a volunteer quilter who lives in Prosperity, S.C., made both quilts presented Monday. She makes almost four quilts every month for Love Quilts, according to Allen.
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