What: Ben’s Bells promote kindness and community involvement. Each week a person who makes Tucson better is “belled.”
Last week’s recipient: Diane Arnold.
Nominated by: Corpus Christi Quilt Ministry.
Why: Arnold co-founded the quilt ministry at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in 2010. It has grown from eight to more than 25 members in the Tucson area. The group’s mission is to provide quilts and other items to those in need, lonely, sick or suffering a loss. Under Arnold’s leadership, the group has made quilts, receiving blankets, Christmas stockings, pillowcases, bead bags, animal beds, and custom-made isolette covers for two neonatal intensive care units in Tucson hospitals, according to the nomination letter. Thirty-seven quilts have been donated to individual charities for their raffles. Quilts for a Cause, Beads of Courage, Tucson Medical Center, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Strauss Manor, Stand Up for Kids, Tucson Metro Ministry and an Army special forces unit in Jordan have also been beneficiaries of Diane’s dedication to providing others with a homemade quilt, the letter stated. Arnold has an amazing charismatic gift for inspiring new and seasoned quilters to work beside her in accomplishing so much. She is the epitome of intentional kindness.
More info and to nominate someone: Go to bensbells.org/BellingForm to submit a name. Go to bensbells.org or call 622-1379 for more information.
