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Join Us Share your passion with a group that has been sharing the art of quilting for over 80 years. Genesee Valley Quilt Club (GVQC) offers quilters a place to learn, grow, and serve through their love of quilting. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the club is meeting virtually via Zoom. See monthly meeting info in the box above. Prior to COVID, our monthly meetings offered: • Activities: block of the month, fat quarter drawing, Comfort Quilt, opportunity to sign up for workshops. • A large lending library. • Show and Tell • Program, usually with a special speaker to share quilting wisdom, tips, a trunk show, and/or quilting inspiration. • Sometimes after meeting mini-workshops. The club, located in Rochester, NY, meets monthly September through June and draws members from the Finger Lakes region and even as far away as Buffalo, NY. The membership represents a wide variety of quilting skills from beginner to advanced, all types of quilting and interests, including traditional, contemporary, modern and art, both hand and machine quilted. Because of the diversity of quilting interests, Show and Tell and the parade of Comfort Quilts (turned in for donation) are always a delight and an inspiration. Although a few of the members have been recognized in prestigious juried national quilt shows, members enjoy learning and sharing their love of quilting together. GVQC offers an opportunity to connect with member quilters through an active (member only) Yahoo Group and to keep up with club news through the monthly publication, Patchword. GVQC has a long tradition of serving the community, including making and donating about 350 quilts a year through Love and Comfort Quilts to area organizations to give to individuals and families in need. New members are always welcome. If you are not sure you want to join, come for a visit. We would love to meet you. Feel free to contact us is you have any questions.

Next Club Meeting Date: May 13, 2021 Virtual Meeting via Zoom Program: Hilary Gifford Visitors Welcome: If you would like to visit our next club meeting email Donna, President. Virtual Zoom Meeting starts at 10AM • Short business meeting • Show and Tell prepared by Sue Donovan • Program: Hilary Gifford, short “trunk show” of her work and creations. She will talk about using non-traditional materials in our work. Read more about Hilary’s life, endevors, and interests that relate to fiber arts. We are in for a treat. A zoom meeting invitation will be sent to all members a few days prior to the meeting. Use Zoom link to enter the meeting, no password required. Zoom rules will be briefly explained at the beginning of the meeting. Members: See how to access the zoom meeting and use zoom . Go to the Virtual Meeting Page in Member Services. Email show and tell photos to Sue Donovan. More meeting info.

GVQC Meetings - When In-person meetings

resume: Re-Open Plan

January 2021 Update: Due to the high COVID positivity rate, in-person meetings at the temple are cancelled until further notice. Meetings will be virtually using Zoom. The club Executive Committee and Board of Directors have met and endorsed the following plan for reopening meetings based on CDC guidelines. • Don’t arrive before 9:30, maintain a 6 foot distance, MASKS REQUIRED by all attendees at ALL TIMES • Upon entering the building, you will have your temperature taken in the entryway. You will be required to sign in and your temperature number will be recorded. The temperature must be below 100 degrees to enter the building. (copy of temperature record is required by the Temple and GVQC will also keep a record) • Upon entry you must verify the following: o You have not been in contact with anyone who has tested positive for Covie-19 or attended a gathering with a Covid- 10 positive person in the last 14 days. o You have not traveled to one of the quarantined states within the last 14 days. o If you have traveled to one of the quarantined states, you have quarantined for 14 days. • A distanced space will be set up with tables spread out to comply with social distancing guidelines. Only 4-5 people will be allowed per table. Do not move chairs. • Once you find a table, please keep to your seat and avoid wandering around the auditorium. Exception is to drop off comfort quilts or register for workshops. • Meetings will be bare bones. The only tables set up will be: Membership (sign in), Comfort Quilts (Yes, bring in comfort quilts. Kits will be available to sign out.), and Program (workshop) Registration. All other activities are on hold until further notice, including: Member Sharing Table (junk table), Library, Meeting Day Raffle Quilt, Block of the Month, Sale Tables, Fat Quarter of the Month. • No food or beverages will be served . • Meetings will be short and concise with only Member Show and Tell by designated alphabet. November meeting, last names ending in N-Z. • All meeting announcements will be made by the President unless special permission granted to go on stage. All announcements must be submitted in advance to the President. • After the meeting there will be a short break (masks required) before the program. • There will be no break for lunch, no food or beverages will be served . There will be No after meeting activities The Temple continus to monitor the local Covid-19 infection rate and they have reserved the right to cancel our meeting based on the recommendations of NYS and the Monroe County Health Department. Every consideration has been given for the safety of our members by the Temple and your Board of Directors and Executive Council. If the meeting is cancelled, notification will be announced on this website and on the GVQC Member Facebook Group page.