Chapter 01
The quilting circle
In 2000 the women of a church quilting circle kept hearing the same story at the frames: a mother or father who was fine at night with family but lonely and unsafe alone during the day.
Our story
How we got here
A quilting circle, a nurse and a hardware store that found a second life.
Our story
Twenty-five years on Main
Chapter 02
The nurse
They raised the money for a building and asked Ruth Unruh, a home health nurse who had cared for half of their parents, to run it. She said yes on one condition: a nurse on the floor every hour the doors are open.
Chapter 03
The hardware store
Sunflower opened in 2001 in the old hardware store on North Main with nineteen members. The tin ceiling stayed. The paint department became the quilting room.
Chapter 04
Growing up
We added therapy in 2009, the memory care neighborhood in 2014, Saturday respite in 2017 and a second van in 2019, each time because families asked.
Chapter 05
Today
Sixty-some members come on a busy day. Many of the founding quilters' grandchildren are members' families now. The comforters still go to the relief sale every April.
- 2001opened on North Main
- 64members on a busy day
- 2nurses on the floor
- 9small towns the vans cover
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Readers' Choice · Best Senior Program
- County Chamber · Nonprofit of the Year
- Area Agency on Aging · Community Partner
- Regional Medical Center · Preferred Day Program
- Veterans Coalition · Community Partner
- Relief Sale · Comforter Donor
- College Nursing Program · Clinical Partner
- Main Street Program · Building Reuse Award
Lunch is at noon. There's always room.
Come for a tour, or bring your parent for a free day with lunch and the van. Call, text or book online.