Unity Quilt Display Schedule
A Celebration of Rarity
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Other Quilt Viewings:
Other viewings will be listed as we get them.

Unity Quilt Travels in California
Early in 2004, six of the Unity Quilt panels were loaned to California's Newborn Screening Area Service Center based at Children's Hospital Central California. The panels were displayed at 3 conferences during their stay in the sunny state. To read more about the quilt's travels in California click here.

Past Viewings

Parents of Galactosemic Children Conference ~ Sparks, Nevada
Save Babies Through Screening had a booth at the PGC Conference in July 2003. The booth was being run by Michelle Fowler, where the quilt panels were prominently displayed on the 11th & 12th.

Pella Public Library, Iowa
Twelve quilts were showcased above the circulation desk & in display cases - you couldn't get in the library without noticing them. On display with the panels was a Des Moines Register article and personal articles on several affected children. Thanks to Linda Glendening who maked this showing possible. The panels were scheduled to be on display until the end of May 2003, but stayed over for a while longer.

Early Intervention Conference - "Innovation and Best Practice for Tomorrow" in Hattiesburg, MS.
Ben Haygood's quilt panel was displayed at two conferences in March. On March 19 & 20, Ben’s panel was displayed for the second time. The panel was displayed at the Mississippi Early Intervention Conference entitled, "Innovation and Best Practice for Tomorrow", in Hattiesburg, MS.

Mississippi Child Health Conference – "Growing Up Healthy" in Philadelphia, MS.
Ben Haygood’s quilt panel was displayed for the first time in March from the 3^rd to the 5^th at the Mississippi Child Health Conference--"Growing Up Healthy" in Philadelphia, MS.  The conference addressed children's health issues to healthcare providers and professionals within the state.

An estimated 600 professionals throughout Mississippi and the surrounding southern states were reached by the two conferences above. Among these professionals were teachers, education administrators, therapists, nurses, social workers, mental health professionals, and other health professionals.

Wisconsin Department of Health
Mitchell Shultz's quilt panel was on display on Feb 28, 2003 at the Wisconsin Department of Health to honor the fact that the department added 5 more disorders to their newborn screening panel.

American Academy of Pediatrics Conference in San Francisco
The panel featuring Ben Haygood was displayed at the American Academy of Pediatrics Conference in San Francisco, October 20-22, 2001. Click here to read Quilt Panel Displayed at Pediatrics Conference By Amy Seirer.

National Society of Genetic Counselor’s 20^th Annual Education Conference WADC
The Medium Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (MCAD) quilt panel honoring, Ben Haygood, was on display during the National Society of Genetic Counselor’s 20^th Annual Education Conference held in Washington, DC from November 4-7, 2001. Click here to read NBS Unity Quilt Panel makes a trip to Washington DC.

First Unveiling of Unity Quilt in Celebration of NBS Awareness Month
The Unity Quilt was unveiled at Virtua Hospital in Voorhees, New Jersey on Sept 4, 2001 where it was displayed in the lobby through the month of October. Virtua Hospital was the first hospital system (note system, not first hospital) in New Jersey to offer supplemental newborn screening. Visit our quilt photo gallery  

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