Wrap-A-Smile was started in 2001 by Terry Hodskins of Wells Rotary Club, Wells, Maine and member of the Evergreen Quilt Guild.
The project has distributed over 24,500 quilts worldwide. A visual would be the quilts cover 6 football fields. This Wells Rotary project has received quilts from all 50 States, Canada, Australia, Germany and Great Britain. First quilts went to Cumana Valenzuela 2002. Quilts are now going to 48 rotating sites worldwide with Rotaplast Missions as well as Faces of Hope and 1000 Smiles. Some of the countries include: China, Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Vietnam, and Mexico. When we have had an overabundance of Rotaplast cannot accept any more for a while, we have sent quilts to wheelchair victims in Africa, Hospitals in Nigeria and Uganda as well as Ronald McDonald Houses. This is all done through local Rotary Clubs in those areas. All quilts are child size, child friendly 100% cotton with very little white, machine quilted or hand tied as they may receive harsh treatment.
Wrap-A-Smile has appeared in three national magazines as well as one book. Each quilt has a special Wrap-A-Smile label stitched on the back of the quilt. This includes the Rotary wheel, known worldwide, two interlinking hearts. There is a contact in CA who accepts quilts as well and she personally delivers them to Rotaplast Headquarters in San Francisco. Contact: