Category Archives: Charity

A Wild Heart

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Luana

As you may know, I try to have close working relationships with the non-profit organizations in our eQuilter charity program. Today I had lunch with the founder of Engineers Without Borders, and a retired administrator for Doctors Without Borders. We … Continue reading →

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Luana

Every year we feature Pink Ribbon collections that are fundraisers for Breast Cancer Research, and as you know you can also choose this as your 2% donated to charity when you finalize a purchase at eQuilter. In our 22 year … Continue reading →

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We Stood Together

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Luana

Today we are remembering those lost, and the shocking events of 9-11-2001 in New York City. For those of us who lived through that day, it is one of those memories that is still crystal clear. We all remember where … Continue reading →

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Welcome September

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Luana

We are thinking of our friends in the Gulf Coast who are without power, or worse, after Hurricane Ida. eQuilter has just made an emergency donation to Mission of Love on GoFundMe for a relief project in Louisiana. 16 years … Continue reading →

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I Can See Clearly Now, The Smoke Is Gone

Posted on August 16, 2021 by Luana

For those of you longtime friends and customers, we are turning the page on another chapter of Sophie’s life. By this time next week she will be moved into her new college apartment for her sophomore year of college. We … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day Remembrances

Posted on May 29, 2021 by Luana

For many of us in the US, the long Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of Summer. Memorial Day takes on a whole new meaning this year, for those who have lost loved ones in the pandemic year. We remember … Continue reading →

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Hopeful and Cautiously Optimistic

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Luana

This weekend I am distributing your donated comfort quilts to those affected by our King Soopers mass shooting in March. Many thanks to those of you who rushed quilts to us for this event – we received over 160 quilts … Continue reading →

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Happy Mothers Day!

Posted on May 9, 2021 by Luana

I hope that you can spend today with your mom, or your kids, or grandkids, or doing a motherly thing like make a quilt for someone special. So many of us learned to sew from our moms or grandmas…it is … Continue reading →

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May Flowers

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Luana

We are all yearning for a return to “Normal” but in our hearts we know that we are venturing into an unknown New Normal that will be spread out over an unknown amount of time. However as more people are … Continue reading →

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The Lovely Month of May

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Luana

Happy May! ….one of my favorite times of year here in Colorado. This week I had a meeting with the director of the Wild Foundation. (One of our 7 main non-profit recipients.) We had a long talk about the current … Continue reading →

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