The Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative (http://alzquilts.org) is a national, grassroots charity whose mission is to raise awareness and fund research. The AAQI auctions and sells donated quilts, and sponsors a nationally touring exhibit of quilts about Alzheimer’s.
Ami Simms of Flint, Michigan is the founder and executive director of the AAQI, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operated entirely by volunteers. She is a quilter. Her mother had Alzheimer’s.
The AAQI currently sponsors two major programs:.
Alzheimer’s Forgetting Piece by Piece
The first is a nationwide traveling quilt exhibit about Alzheimer’s called “Alzheimer’s Illustrated: From Heartbreak to Hope.”
Priority: Alzheimer’s Quilts
The second is the “Priority: Alzheimer’s Quilts” project, so named for the urgent need for research dollars and the hope that quilters across the country would make participation in this project a priority. These small quilts are a perfect fit for the flat rate cardboard priority mailers from the USPS, which the group uses to ship quilts to winning bidders after monthly online auctions.
There are an estimated 5.3 million Americans with Alzheimer’s disease. We believe we can make a difference, one quilt at a time.
Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative
1200 Creekwood Trail
Burton, MI 48509
810 637-5586
info@alzquilts.org
