Fleming County non-profit donates handmade quilts to young patients for comfort

Shriner’s Children’s Hospital in Lexington got a comforting surprise after a non-profit out of Fleming County donated around 60 handmade quilts for kids on Thursday.

The non-profit, Fleming County Homemakers, was first started in 1996 by Violet Barbee and one other person. Barbee says they started with 25 a month and now have 60 or more.

They started the non-profit to bring a bit of comfort to kids going into surgery and keep that comfort with them throughout recovery…

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