Quilts that Care, Inc.

Quilts that Care, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Waterbury and Litchfield, makes
and donates quilts to cancer patients at 26 Connecticut facilities. 

 Quilts That Care was founded by Deborah Van Steenbergen and a handful of friends in April 2012. Deborah began accompanying her husband Robert to The Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center in Waterbury, CT in early 2012 as he underwent cancer treatment. She was disheartened to see so many patients going to and coming from treatment alone. She wanted to help bring comfort – even just a little – to those going through so much. So, she combined her passion for quilting with her drive to help and soon after Quilts That Care was born. To date, QTC has made and donated more than 8,300 quilts to:

The
Cancer Care Center at Griffin Hospital, Derby; The
Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center, Trinity Health and Saint Mary’s VITAS in
Waterbury; Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Torrington; and St. Francis
Hospital and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford. Also, Norwalk
Hospital; The Yale/Smilow Cancer Center in New Haven; Bristol Hospital; The
Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute at The Hospital of Central Connecticut,
New Britain; Hartford HealthCare at Home, Watertown and Southington; Visiting
Nurse & Hospice of Litchfield County, Winsted; AccentCare Middlebury;
Midstate Medical Center, Meriden; University of Connecticut Health Center,
Farmington and Veteran’s Hospital, Newington. Also, New Milford Hospital
Hospice, The Diebold Family Cancer Center at New Milford Hospital and Danbury
Hospital. Also, Backus Hospital in Norwich and Windham Hospital in Windham.