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WORCESTER - In 1976, Lois L. Ence's home burned down and the family lost everything.
After the fire was put out and reality took hold, there was one unforgettable moment of warmth and comfort for Ence.
"The first thing the Relief Society did was rush over to us a great big, beautiful quilt. That quilt meant so much to us that night: We were not alone," Ence said.
So, it is somehow appropriate that Ence, president of the local Relief Society, is spearheading efforts to make and collect quilts for the Kosovar war refugees and victims of the earthquake that struck in Turkey.
The Relief Society, one of the biggest and oldest such groups, is an organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its women from the United States and Canada will be donating an estimated 25,000 quilts by Oct. 1 to the Kosovars, who face a cold winter.
The Mormon women hope that the quilts will comfort and warm the recipients much as the quilt that Ence received 23 years ago did for her.
The goal is to make or buy as many quilts and baby quilts as possible in September, Ence said. She said she realizes that some areas of Massachusetts are a bit late in signing onto the project, but she believes that...