Although her quilt guild already supports one charity, Angie Faircloth wanted to do more.

"Our main thing is to help Camp Rainbow," said Ms. Faircloth. who drives from Columbia County to St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in North Augusta once a week to work on quilts with the Pieceful Heart Quilt Guild.

"A couple of years ago, my husband passed away. I wanted to do something for the veterans," said Ms. Faircloth, whose husband was a veteran.

On the first Thursday of each month, she and other guild members work on lap quilts for the veterans at Augusta's Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home.

Her initial goal was to make sure all the veterans at the home had a quilt.

"They keep getting new patients," she said.

Every two or three months, the quilters take their finished products and present them to the veterans.

Pat Hinkle said that day makes all of the effort worth it; the veterans' smiles and expressions are priceless.

The women plan to take another batch of quilts to the nursing home in November, and with the help of area Girl Scouts they may have quite a few to present.

Patty Lennon, a guild member and an employee of the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Council in Augusta, has enlisted the aid of the Scouts.

She started with the troop she leads, and then it expanded.

"We wanted to invite other troops to participate," said Ms. Lennon. "The girls at Fort Gordon wanted to include their home-state troops."

Ms. Lennon said she has made quilt kits -- precut squares for the girls to sew into a quilt. The quilt tops are returned to Ms. Lennon, and other members of the guild finish the quilt.

Ms. Lennon said she has sent quilt kits to troops in 22 states. After the Girl Scout project was posted on a Yahoo group site, people from four other nations wanted to help out.

On Oct. 25, which is USA Weekend Magazine's Make A Difference Day, the Scouts and quilters will come together at Jeff's Sewing and Vacuum Center on Washington Road in Augusta.

"We're going to have a quilt-a-thon," said Ms. Lennon. "The other troops will be sewing and calling in their progress on Oct. 25."

Ms. Faircloth said they are in need of items for that day and are asking for donations of batting or other quilting supplies. To make a donation, call Ms. Faircloth at (706) 868-5271.

Members of the Pieceful Heart Quilt Guild also help the children of deployed service members through Operation Kid Comfort, and they help cancer patients by making chemo caps.

Reach Charmain Z. Brackett at charmain.brackett@augustachronicle.com.