GRAND JUNCTION, Iowa (KCCI) – A woman is parting ways with a homemade quilt to benefit the family of Ahmir Jolliff. Joliff was shot and killed at Perry High School on Jan. 4. Ellen McElroy made the quilt just months after her son Arnold Thomas died. Thomas was hit by a truck when he was just nine years old. But until recently, she said the quilt hasn’t seen any use- and shops have valued it at over a thousand dollars.

McElroy decided to enter the piece in a silent auction hosted by Perry High School, with all proceeds going to Joliffs family. She told KCCI, “I know what they’re going through, and it’s not an easy situation,” Ellen McElroy said. “If it even helps them that much, it’ll be worth it to me.”

The bidding on the auction closes tonight (Monday), at 8 o’clock.