https://servinghopepickleball.com/overview daily 0.75 2025-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1eeb5bedaed8d371ceb7ff/1740073637273-53RD09XP8V2C8YY0OCV6/approved-pickleball-paddles-and-balls-scaled.jpg home https://servinghopepickleball.com/home daily 1.0 2025-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1eeb5bedaed8d371ceb7ff/1559166102849-KW0JTXDZUHAHKO7ZUDAJ/Joy.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1eeb5bedaed8d371ceb7ff/1688997163107-GELBMRABG0K5UIW6TR5B/TBC_logo.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1eeb5bedaed8d371ceb7ff/1688997183537-I6XN9XCOHHUMACLPC3OG/SpringsLogoHDCOLOR.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1eeb5bedaed8d371ceb7ff/1512343171543-1GNUDO3U7MHGRHV1F0YL/Christmas+and+Africa+329.jpg Home - ABOUT US Every child deserves to feel loved, valued, and supported. But for the 800,000 children living in foster care across South Africa and the United States, this reality is often out of reach. Many face overwhelming challenges, with fewer than 50% remaining in school to achieve a basic education. Without the right support, they struggle to build a future filled with hope and opportunity. At The Love Quilt Project (LQP), we believe in changing that reality – one quilt at a time. Through acts of love and compassion, we provide funding for educational needs and engage children in both countries to create art squares filled with heartfelt messages of kindness and encouragement. These squares are stitched into beautiful handmade quilts and given to children living in foster care, wrapping them in warmth and love. More than just a blanket, each quilt is a tangible reminder that they are seen, valued, and never alone. Serving Hope will celebrate the thousands of children we have helped while raising the necessary funds to provide the programs to help more foster children. Find out more at The Love Quilt Project. https://servinghopepickleball.com/home-1 daily 0.75 2025-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1eeb5bedaed8d371ceb7ff/1559166102849-KW0JTXDZUHAHKO7ZUDAJ/Joy.jpg Home (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1eeb5bedaed8d371ceb7ff/1688997163107-GELBMRABG0K5UIW6TR5B/TBC_logo.png Home (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1eeb5bedaed8d371ceb7ff/1688997183537-I6XN9XCOHHUMACLPC3OG/SpringsLogoHDCOLOR.png Home (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1eeb5bedaed8d371ceb7ff/1512343171543-1GNUDO3U7MHGRHV1F0YL/Christmas+and+Africa+329.jpg Home (Copy) - ABOUT US The Love Quilt Project builds relationships between South African and American children in foster care through education that teaches kindness, tolerance, and compassion to both groups. The children express what they have learned by drawing messages of love on small fabric squares that are stitched into quilts and distributed to individual children in South Africa’s hardest hit communities and to American children living in poverty many of whom have been affected by HIV/AIDS. The children who receive a Love Quilt are not only wrapped with the warmth of the blanket but also feel the support through the beautiful messages that have been stitched into their quilt. This psychological “hug” that the child feels knowing this quilt is only for them is priceless. For each South African child who receives a quilt, a donation is made to help support their primary school education needs. Giving a South African child the emotional support of their Love quilt and providing the necessary education fees are both critical to accomplishing the mission of LQP. Serving Hope will celebrate the thousands of children we have reached while raising the necessary funds to provide the programs to more vulnerable American and South African children.