CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- An 84-year-old quilt maker continues to sew up support and awareness for cancer research in the face of $185 million in federal budget cuts at the Cleveland Clinic.

Two quilts by Sandy Jones -- stitched together from cancer doctors’ donated neckties, head coverings and a box of spare T-shirts -- will be auctioned off during the Climb Cleveland fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Wolstein Center.

“It means everything to me to be able to help in some small way by doing something I love,” Jones said.

She had wondered for months how she could help cancer patients who might be impacted as federal dollars supporting research programs dry up.

Earlier this year, Cleveland Clinic’s cancer research departments took a $150 million hit, which shut down the

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