Get Involved
How can you support our cause?
Make a Donation
Want to join our efforts but not sure where to start? Make a donation! Rayola accepts monetary donations through PayPal, Venmo, and Check. We also love donations of fabric, notions, quilts, care package items, time, and efforts. Contact us to schedule a drop off for items, forward one of our email newsletters to a friend, comment on a social media post, or help us run an upcoming event!
Every little bit counts toward paving the path for a better tomorrow.
Become a Sponsor
Rayola greatly appreciates the generosity and involvement of local businesses and organizations. Through our four levels of sponsorship, there are many ways businesses can join our efforts. If you aren't ready to become a tiered sponsor, consider sponsoring a single event, a raffle prize, lunch for a sewing day, or hanging our upcoming event flyers in your front offices and windows.
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Email us to learn more about how we can partner with your company!
Attend an Event
This is one of the simplest ways to help out our cause. We believe the best way for our initiatives to be successful is for the community to actively get involved. Rayola hosts monthly sewing days, quilt walks and shows, and a variety of other unique gatherings throughout the year. Our events are a great place to meet new people while supporting local children in need.
Add an upcoming Rayola event to your calendar to join our thriving community.
Virtual Giving Tree
Rayola is hosting a Virtual Giving Tree!
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Instead of pulling a tag off a tree, buying a gift, and dropping it back off in person, Rayola has created an Amazon Wishlist of items we need for our 2026 care packages.
The majority of our needed items cost less than $10!
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Rayola serves children in 17 counties across northern Michigan. We hope this Virtual Giving Tree allows supporters from all our areas to participate.
Walmart Registry for Good
It can be hard to know what to donate to a charity. That is why we partnered with Walmart to set up a Registry for Good! A Registry for Good is just like any wedding or baby registry, except it's for charities. Rayola adds needed items, such as pillows, crayons, toothbrushes, and books, to the registry so you can easily find something to donate with just a click.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Rayola is thrilled to announce our partnership with the Ogemaw County Chapter of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
Rayola's mission is to provide belonging and comfort to children in foster care and any child in need.
Through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, children across Ogemaw County receive the gift of reading every single month. Our community is currently sending out over 500 books monthly to children, helping them grow, imagine, and fall in love with learning.
With a donation of $31 a year, you can help us provide a child in our county with one FREE book each month for an entire year.
Donate to the Ogemaw County Chapter of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library through Rayola.
Sewing Patterns
Pocket Pillowcases
The project pillowcase is a simple sewing pattern. This pattern works great with fat quarters or getting through your fabric stash! Click here for the written pattern! You can also find a video tutorial here.
Christmas Stockings
A wonderful holiday sewing pattern. Find the free Christmas Stocking pattern here. Video instructions can be found here. Happy holidays!
Toiletry Bags
A fun sewing project involving a zipper! Toiletry bag should be approximately 12"x15" when it is finished. Find the video tutorial here.
Pillowcases
An easy sewing pattern for foster children and children in need. Great for stash busting! Find the video tutorial here.
Quilt Top Sizing
If you would like to donate a quilt top, but you are unsure about what sizes, here is the info! Sizes can vary, so they do not need to be exact. Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions about recommended sizing.
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Baby Quilts: 40 x 50 in
Youth: 50 x 65 in
Twin Size: 70 x 90 in
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We are often short on boy quilts with boy colors, so those are greatly appreciated!
