The soon-to-be-finished quilt (Green n Yellow Group)

By Justin Goulet

Quilt auction fundraiser to raise awareness on autism support

Apr 8, 2021 | 12:10 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The Lethbridge-based Green n Yellow Group is giving citizens a chance to snag a king-size quilt while also helping a southern Alberta cause.

The group’s most recent initiative is raising awareness on the efforts of the Chinook Autism Society.

Area businesses submitted to have their logos stitched into a king-size quilt, which will be auctioned off in a couple of weeks. Funds raised will help out the Chinook Autism Society.

Michael Gervais, the president of the Green n Yellow Group, said the idea for the quilt came from a tradition by motorcycle clubs “back in the day”.

“A bunch of motorcycle clubs and groups would get together in unity and all enter their own company logo, their club patch, their group patch or, like, a Harley Davidson logo, all in unity for one cause to raise money for somebody that falls through the cracks, or an organization that falls through the cracks of life,” Gervais told Lethbridge News Now.

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He added that the Green n Yellow group approached the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce and members of the business community. He said the idea to stitch a large quilt was “more than accepted.”

In addition to the quilt getting its finishing touches, Gervais said a second quilt will be stitched due to a surplus of businesses that wanted to be involved.

He said they’re hoping to showcase the finished product somewhere with high traffic to garner the public’s interest.

Residents can bid on the quilt, with a minimum bid set at $500. The goal is to raise $2,500 to $3,000 for the Chinook Autism Society.

“This organization works for the autistic community and it hits home for a lot of us on our time, as we have a few family members that have autistic, either children and/or nieces and nephews,” he said.

“The Society itself helps out autistic human beings in general – children, adults, on different levels of the spectrum, from educating the public about what autism is, to facilitating these folks that are on the spectrum, to releasing them in recovery and walking them through their life. The group itself is phenomenal.”

Gervais said the auction for the quilt will last about four to six weeks, however, an official start date has yet to be set.