Membership - Maureen Guardino
Meeting Dates: The 3rd Monday of every month at 7:30PM.
2023 Meeting Dates:
January 16th
February 20th
March 20th
April 17th
May 15th
June 19th
July 17th
August 21st
September 25th * NOTE NEW DATE
October 16th
November 20th
December 11th AT A SPECIAL DATE AND TIME 6:30pm!
Meeting Place: St. James Lutheran Church, 230 Second Ave, St. James, NY 11780
Mailing Address: Smithtown Stitchers, Inc. PO Box 311, Smithtown, NY, 1787-0311
Email for the Membership chair, please click the link below: quilter@smithtownstitchers.com and put "membership" in the subject.
Membership Fees: Regular (renewal or new) $35.00/year Newsletter Only $12.00/year
Renewal and new memberships begin on January 1.
Guests may attend guild meetings. There is a $5.00 fee when we have a guest speaker. No guests are allowed to attend the December meeting.
Guild Membership is limited to 200 members.
Inclement weather policy: Members will be notified via email and Facebook by 3pm on the day of a meeting if we are forced to cancel due to inclement weather.
For a printable membership form Click here. Please send a self addressed, stamped envelope(SASE), the membership form and a check payable to Smithtown Stitchers, Inc. to the mailing address above.
Registered members receive a membership card which can be used to receive discounts at quilt shops, classes, shows, and events. Members receive a copy of the membership list. The membership list is to be used by members solely for personal use.
To be a member in good standing:
- Members help with making community service/comfort quilts. Members are required to make at least one comfort quilt.
- Members serve on at least one of the committees listed on the membership form.
- All Members are expected to sell at least 5 raffle books for the yearly raffle quilt made to raise money for guild programs.
- Members are required to volunteer for 2 hours at the guild quilt show.
Available at meetings: The Guild hosts lecturers and vendors. Also available are Trips sign up, Workshops sign up, Guild challenges, Show & Tell, Community and Raffle quilt info, Membership, President's, 50-50, and Library raffles. Block of the Month patterns are emailed to members before the meeting. A few printed copies are available at the meeting for those who do not have email.
Guild Grants: Guild members in good standing are eligible to apply for a guild grant. Applications can be downloaded here and are due back by November 30th. Applicants need to show how they intend to further their skills or increase the quilt knowledge through use of the grant. Members should be prepared to share how they used the grant with the guild afterwards.
2019 Grant was awarded to: Dorothy Sabatino for additional software for her embroidery machine. She has agreed to use this software to make a label for our raffle quilt.
Reimbursement Forms: If you need to be reimbursed for expenses made for the Guild, please fill out one of these forms, attach all receipts and see our Treasurer at the next Guild meeting. Click here for a printable form.