affected by Hurricane Sandy!
saying – for all of you affected by Hurricane Sandy – our most sincere thoughts
and prayers go out to you and your families, and your communities.
We
have been inundated with messages from all over the US and indeed around the
world, expressing concern, and asking "how can we help?"…and and we are
humbled at how many have reached out to us, asking us to coordinate another
quilt drive for the hurricane victims.
The answer is – yes of course we
will coordinate another disaster relief effort. I have asked the director of
Mission of Love to help us again, and Kathy has agreed.
So tonight I am
issuing a challenge to our friends, customers, our guild contacts, and anyone
else who wants to help:
We are going to
collect and distribute 5000 quilts to those affected by Hurricane
Sandy.
We will work to make sure that the quilts go to those most
drastically affected by the hurricane's destruction.
Right now almost all
of my east coast contacts are dealing some difficult aspect of post-storm
trauma. Some are "just" dealing with no power, no heat, no water, no food and no
gas. All of this with another storm bearing down on the area.
Others have
had their cars smashed, their boat washed out to sea, and the worst so far is
one of our industry's beloved talents has had her house smashed by a tree…but
they escaped with their lives. Another contact had a neighbor killed by a
falling tree. They all say – they feel so lucky not to have sustained the
devastation suffered by their neighbors.
From what I am hearing from my
east coast contacts, the destruction and power outages are so widespread, that
we can't possibly comprehend the scope of the situation.
As this quilt
drive comes into focus, as I get in touch with my various industry contacts, I will update
this page daily. There will be another detailed update in my Creative Nudge
on Tuesday night, so watch for that as you stay up to watch Election
Returns. (It is almost over – yeah!)
In case you are new to eQuilter,
in addition to raising over $1
million for charity over the years,
over the years for 9/11, Katrina, Haiti and Japan
tsunami survivors.
Feel
free to share this
link for our project, with any individual or guild who you think might be
interested in participating. The bottom line is – yes you can start planning and
making the quilts you'd like to donate to Hurricane Sandy victims.
Our
humble and sincere thanks to those of you who have helped in the past, and those
of you who will help with this effort.
are what is most needed.
you to send at least twin or full sized quilts for those who have lost
everything. We want to keep these people WARM for the winter, so if you can send
it soon that is best, but we will continue this project for many months.
want to stay focused on our goal of collecting and distributing 5000
quilts.
preview of how this project will unfold.
I’m in – put me down for 3 full-sized quilts. Thanks sooo much for doing this!
~Deb
In the recovery phase of the Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires, after the initial help, it was realised that many women didn’t have their machines anymore due to water damage. To start to help at first people gave really bad, old machines and our club thought that would be so depressing for the quilters to use that we set a goal for money to be raised for new machines.
Once the situation was explained quilters were glad to give money, or new machines to the quilters in this area who had incidentally made 170 quilts as gifts the year before for the New Zealand Earthquakes. Sonya
Diamond Valley Quilters Australia
Where do we send the quilts? Is there a deadline to send the quilts. I will try to make one twin-size quilt.
The need is great in places like Highlands, NJ and possibly Toms River and Brick Township. Also, I suspect Atlantic City may be in need. The neighborhoods on Staten Island that have been in the news are also in need. While some of the houses along the Jersey shore were second homes and others belonged to fairly affluent individuals, there are many other sections damaged by the storm that were filled with just plain hard-working folks. I’m sure that these folks would appreciate the effort. I lived in NJ for 35 yrs. and now I am part of a large guild in SC that makes comfort quilts — mostly lap quilts. We’d be happy to send them (I have 8 right now) if you’d let me know how to do that. I also have no problem shipping them to NJ. I’ll check back to see if you’ve posted more info. If you are able to see my email address, Luana, feel free to contact me.
where do we send these quilts to. There s no clear contact information or email address. The ladies in my Church are willing and ready,but I need more information please.
Patricia
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Yes Patricia, all of the information is posted on the project page at: http://equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/quiltrelief.html
– thanks!
Luana
How long will you be collecting and where can I send them? I’ve only got 1 toddler-sized quilt but have fabric for others if I have enuf time. Glad I read aboutyour efforts. Thanx.
Sheila
Hi Sheila,
All of the information is at the link below.
Look for the Timeless Treasures warehouse address. It will go for 3 months minimum, but we hope to send as much as possible, as soon as possible.
thanks!
Luana
http://www.eQuilter.com
Hurricane Sandy:
http://www.equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/quiltrelief.
Are you still accepting quilts for the Hurricane Sandy Victims? I have a group of people in Savannah, GA that I’m organizing a quilt day on Jan. 16th.
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Hi Terri, Yes absolutely! There are still thousands of people who lost home and possessions, and need quilts to keep warm for the winter! Thanks for your offer!
best, Luana