On May 1, the Altamont Train Station Quilters will give a cache of hand-sewn quilts — ranging in size from infant to teen — to the Center for Donation and Transplant New York Chapter for its Comfort Blanket project.

“Woven through with love and comfort, these quilts will be shared with terminally ill children slated to give the gift of life through organ, tissue, and eye donation,” according to a release from the quilters.

Since 2007, the Altamont Train Station Quilters have offered their skills as fiber artists in support of charitable organizations and individuals in Altamont, Guilderland, and the rest of New York’s Capital Region. Previously, quilted items have been given to help raise funds for and provide support for organizations such as women’s shelters, a variety of civic groups, as well as the Altamont Free Library.

“Last fall, we started quilting on behalf of our next charitable donation,” explained Ruth Dickinson, one of the 21-member Train Station Quilters collective. “While we weren’t sure then what the project would be, when Anne Patnode suggested the Comfort Blanket project our group knew we’d found our next mission. This particular project really touched our hearts.”

Patnode is an Altamont resident and the Center for Donation’s administrative coordinator.

On Tuesday, at 10 a.m., Dickinson and the rest of the quilters group will meet with CDTNY representatives at the Altamont Village Hall to donate 21 quilts — one from each member of the group. This project will be ongoing and additional quilts, as they are sewn, will be donated to the Comfort Blanket project.