This award was created in the 2010-2011 OQG year by Dee Acklie, Jane Fiala, & Carol McCann. The guild’s past presidents took over funding for it starting the 2011-2012 guild year. The annual award strives to recognize a current OQG Member who has made an outstanding contribution in either Leadership, Community Outreach in the name of OQG or a contribution to the quilting community.
- Nominations, via email or letter, can only be made by an OQG member and are submitted each Spring by April 15th to the yearly Selection Committee. Call for nominations will appear on the via the OQG newsletter and/or the monthly guild meeting.
- The nomination letter provides the information needed to be considered for an award. However, there are guild members who quietly make a huge difference in one committee or multiple guild activities. To supplement nomination letters that we receive, we are providing an opportunity for guild members to identify individuals who make a difference through leadership, OQG community outreach and/or contribution to the quilting community. At each guild meeting there will be a Golden Thimble box on our table, usually located at the back right as you walk into the guild meeting. On a piece of paper please provide your first and last name, potential nominee, and their “quilty” good deed and place it in the box.
- Award will be given based on merit, not as a popularity contest or greatest number of nominations. The Award will be presented at the May Meeting.
- More than 1 person may be considered as deserving the award each year. It is up to the committee to set number of awards given each year up to 3 awards.
- The list of nominees will not be made public. Only the winner(s) will be announced. A nominee who does not receive the award can be re-nominated the following year. Submissions will not be carried over from year to year.
- The Golden Thimble committee this year consists of Nancy Wells, Angella Arndt and Eileen Hengen. You have until April 15th to send your nominations via email to goldenthimble@omahaquiltersguild.org or via the post to: OQG Golden Thimble, PO Box 24614, Omaha, NE 68124-4614.
Past Winners
- 2024 Carol McCann
- 2023 Dee Acklie and Barb Andrysik
- 2022 Janelle Reed
- 2021 Angella Arndt & Tammy Magill
- 2020 Mary Mayfield
- 2019 Mary Cave
- 2018 Lynn Doyle
- 2017 Cindy Erickson
- 2016 Andi Chakravarti
- 2015 Becky Draper
- 2014 Michelle Craig
- 2013 Pat Sears
- 2012 Angie Reed & Jan Fry
- 2011 Roberta Willet & Lorraine Fitzgerald