Miles of Pillowcase Smiles Events – August/ September 2025

• American Sewing Guild (ASG) – Jacksonville:  Wednesday August 27th @ Cinnamon’s Quilt Shop, Jacksonville.  

• Cut Up and Sew Charity Party – Palm Coast:  Saturday, September 27th.  Pleasea register online at cutupandsew.com  – classes.

WE ARE CELEBRATING 50,000 PILLOWCASE DELIVERIES THIS SUMMER!

Every other month 400+ individually packaged pillowcases are delivered to Nemours and Wolfson’s Children’s Hospitals in Jacksonville, Halifax Health and Adventhealth Hospitals in Daytona, and Shands Children’s Hospital in Gainesville.    They are also delivered to Pedscare Hospice, Ronald McDonald House and Begin Again Children’s Grief Counseling.  Their motto is to help children “feel better to heal better” through pillowcase smiles.

The local chapter of Ryan’s Case for Smiles has a network of sewers from various Quilt Guilds/groups such as Quilters by the Sea in Ormond Beach; Friday Stitchers in Port Orange; Sewing with Heart and Memory Makers in Flagler County; up to Country Star and the All-Star Quilt Guilds in Jacksonville.   The quilt shops Cut Up and Sew,  Palm Coast & St. Augustine, and the Sew N’ Quilt Co, Holly Hill have generously held “charity days” for this group where 100’s of pillowcases are sewn in a day, and they are also drop-off locations. Additional drop-off locations are at Tilted Quilters and Cinnamons in Jacksonville.

INFORMATION

Welcome to our Chapter. We hope you will join us in helping children feel better to heal better.

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Ways to help:

• Make pillowcases and drop them off at one of the convenient drop off locations. Directions to make a pillowcase can be found here:  //caseforsmiles.org/get-involved/#sew   Several quilt shops in the area have generously offered to be drop off locations for anyone wishing to contribute pillowcases.  Be sure to check the shop’s website for the hours of operation.
• Come to a sew day: Bring your sewing machine or serger and a basic sewing kit (thread, scissors, needles, etc.). You don’t have to know how to sew to help at a sew day.  We will teach you!! 
• Don’t sew? join a packaging team – they iron, bag, put labels on the cards, etc.  or volunteer to deliver to the hospitals once a month. 
• Hold your own sew day! Gather a group of friends, co-workers, church members, neighbors, or other group and hold your own sew day.  Need help running it?  Have questions?  Contact us!  We’ll help you! Email: case4smilesjaxdaytona@gmail.com
• Donate Money for fabric: Monetary donations for pillowcases is always welcome and much needed! We have NO funding  and our team is all volunteers.  100% of the money donated buys fabric for pillowcases.   You can donate through the website by clicking the “Donate Now” button in the upper right corner of your screen and choosing “Florida-Jacksonville” in the “Chapter” field.  You can also donate in person at any sew day. or If you would like to donate by mail, contact coordinator Sheri by email at case4smilesjaxdaytona@gmail.com.

Videos: Thank you to our Tampa Bay Chapter for providing these videos!

Pillowcase Instructions:  From how to cut the fabric to how to finish the case on either a sewing machine or a serger, this video has it all!  https://youtu.be/0beMuQUahBA
3 Minute Pillowcase all on a serger:  https://youtu.be/HfgC8aFN_Sk