The Thimble Pleasures Quilt Guild has chosen Home Base as their Special Fundraiser for their biennial quilt show to be held March 14 and 15 at Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School. 

Home Base was founded by Massachusetts General Hospital and the Boston Red Sox, and is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to healing the invisible wounds of war for veterans of all eras. Service members, military families, and families of the fallen have access to world-class direct clinical care, wellness, education and research at no cost to them regardless of era of service, discharge status or geographical location.

Home Base was created in 2009 as a result of visits made to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after the 2004 and 2007 World Series. The players were deeply moved by their visit and sought to make a deeper commitment to returning veterans and their families.

Home Base receives a significant portion of their funding through fundraising efforts and Thimble Pleasures hopes to be able to contribute greatly to these efforts. 

Guild members have been busy creating articles to be sold at a special table during the quilt show with all proceeds being donated to Home Base. These articles have been created using patriotic  and Red Sox fabric themes and include table runners, small quilts, cross-stitched Christmas ornaments, door decorations and pillows. This special fundraiser is being chaired by Pattie Trachimowicz and Linda Gosselin.