What do quilting and crime fighting have in common? The answer: Natchez resident Mildred Brown.

For 15 years, ever since she retired as cafeteria manager at Morgantown Elementary School, Brown has been an active member of the Homemakers Club of Adams County, which she now serves as treasurer.

Brown and her fellow Homemakers Club members meet regularly to work on various projects for charity. Currently, they are making quilts for the Children’s Hospital in Jackson.

In addition to making quilts, they sew other items like gowns and baby booties for children served by the hospital. They also sew dolls that doctors can use to explain to children the surgeries they will undergo at the hospital.

&uot;They can draw on the dolls and show the children exactly what’s going to be done,&uot;&160;Brown said. &uot;It helps ease some of (the children’s) fears.&uot;

The club has also participated in charitable projects for such organizations as Pleasant Acre Day School and the Natchez Children’s Home.

Each April, the Homemakers’ Club also helps with Seniors Citizens Day at the Natchez Senior Citizen Multi-Purpose Center. And it was there, two years ago, that Brown found out about a new program called The Right Information and Direction, or TRIAD.

TRIAD is a national program designed to keep senior citizens from becoming victims of crime, teaching them to protect themselves against crime and look out for one another. The Adams County chapter was officially formed in 1998. Brown sits on the board of the local TRIAD chapter because she believes in its mission.

&uot;The best thing it’s done is make the community aware of senior citizens who can’t get around well and need to be checked on at home to make sure they’re all right,&uot;&160;Brown said. &uot;That’s something else that TRIAD does.&uot;

Brown admits that her volunteer work keeps her busy, but she is committed to doing it as long as there are needs to be met.

&uot;People don’t realize there’s just so much to be done,&uot;&160;she said. &uot;It’s a never-ending thing.&uot;