ten Light One Little Candle Programs
and personal support teams and making
distributing 20 to 50 books a month per
choices about any behavioral changes
facility. The program is currently available
(such as diet, exercise, learning new
at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT,
coping skills, etc.) is akin to choosing
MidState Medical Center in Meriden, CT,
fabrics and patterns.
Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, CT,
Much like the response to a cancer
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London, CT, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and CancerCare in NY, the Dana-Farber/Brigham & Women’s Cancer Center and
diagnosis, quilting involves putting pieces together to get the best result. Finally, there is always an element of mystery: no matter how much planning goes into the process, we can’t
Massachusetts General
know exactly how
Hospital
the quilt - or how
in Boston, MA, and
our lives - will turn
the Moores UCSD
out.
Cancer Center in La
Recognizing
these
Jolla, CA.
we
similarities,
have
chosen
For more information
quilts as a symbol
or
a
for The Dempsey
donation, please visit
C e n t e r. B e a u t i f u l
to
make
our website at www.
Hand-made by Mary Dempsey
lightonelittlecandle.
patchwork
quilts
decorate the Center’s
Rosenberg,
walls. “Comfort quilts” created by caring
Executive Director and President: lee@
community members are given to patients
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receiving treatment. Volunteer quilters
org
or
contact
Lee
are constructing an “Honor Quilt” and a
The Quilt Project Going
through
a
“Memory Quilt”. These quilts -- consisting challenging
life
of 6- by 6-inch squares embroidered
experience such as cancer can be likened
with
in several ways to creating a patchwork
embellishments -- honor both those who
quilt.
are living with cancer as well as those who
The process of selecting your treatment
died from it.
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different
designs,
fabrics,
and