Volunteer Spotlight

Jody Worsham
Volunteer Experience: 42 years

Quilting Story: I have been quilting for 50 years. My mother-in-law first got me interested, and I am still learning every day!

Favorite Memory: The camaraderie. Plus, Nacogdoches Treatment Center is the only place for my adult son who has brain damage.

Ziana Boudria
Volunteer Experience: 26 years

Quilting Story: I worked at the Center for nine years as a secretary and bookkeeper. Virginia Worsham, the quilting coordinator at NTC at the time, taught me to quilt. I have been doing it ever since!

Favorite Memory: Too many to list, but the annual bazaar is great. The quilters are a wonderful group of ladies to spend time with, too.

Cue Boleyn
Volunteer Experience: 21 years

Quilting Story: I first started quilting 22 years ago. I've been teaching myself ever since.

Favorite Memory: Making friends!

Linda K. Gilpatrick
Volunteer Experience: 16.5 years

Quilting Story: After I moved to Nacogdoches as a child, my grandmother would mail me squares for 9-patch blocks. I began calling myself a quilter in 1984 after taking lap quilting classes in Houston.

Favorite Memory: The ladies here are the finest, sweetest in the county. They'll always be my favorite memory.

Martha Rudisill
Volunteer Experience: 5 years

Quilting Story: I have been quilting for 45 years now. I always sewed and made my children’s clothing. When they went to junior high, I worked at a quilt shop and was hooked.

Favorite Memory: The good, funny times here with the ladies in our group.

Patsy Barton
Volunteer Experience: 2 years

Quilting Story: I watched both my mother and grandmother quilt. I've been doing it myself for 50 years now.

Favorite Memory: I have learned a lot from the other quilters. It is a wonderful place to volunteer, and it’s a great organization.

Linda Parish
Volunteer Experience: 6 months

Quilting Story: I sewed Barbie doll clothes when I was young. I started quilting, though, as a newlywed because I needed a gift for my cousin who was expecting her first baby. I used scraps from my mom and mother-in-law, as well as a Noah's Ark pattern my neighbor gave me.

Favorite Memory: I enjoy laughing with my quilting friends while we are working on our quilts.

Susan Ross
Volunteer Experience: Two months

Quilting Story: I have been quilting for 30 years. I received a baby quilt and loved it, so I started making them. I've learned by trial and error...lots of error!