Brother Donates Sewing Machines to ‘Operation Kid Comfort’ Program

With these sewing machines, the organization can maintain its program of hand crafting quilts and pillows for the children of deployed military personnel.

The company donated two CE-4000 computerized sewing machines, one BC-1000 lightweight computerized sewing machine, one XL-2600i, one XL-3500i with quilting accessories, one LX-3125 and one LS-2000. In addition, the company donated several bolts of fabric, seven Brother sewing machine covers, as well as spools of thread, ribbon and notions.

The quilts and pillows are created using eight pictures of deployed parents with their children. Family photos are printed onto a specially treated fabric and sewn into the quilt or pillow. A quilt takes an average of six hours to make and a pillow takes about two-and-a-half hours, which doesn’t include the time it takes to treat the fabric and transfer the photos.

Each child receives a quilt/pillow depending on their age: children ages 6 and under receive a quilt, and children ages 7 and older receive a pillow. Volunteers have created nearly 6,000 quilts since the program started in 2004, averaging about 1,000 quilts each year. ASYMCA and YMCA affiliates that currently offer the Operation Kid Comfort program include Camp Pendleton, Fort Bragg, Fort Drum, Fort Hood, Fort Riley, Honolulu, Alaska and San Diego.

For more information, visit brother.com. — S.G.