This week our June 20th deadline arrived for Oklahoma Tornado Relief Quilts,
and I was just blown away by the response we received. Wow, THANK YOU
so much to all of you – individuals and groups – who very quickly sent
your comfort quilts to Mission of Love
for this relief effort. I am truly humbled and so appreciative to all
of you who have given to this, and all our other quilt relief efforts.
We have received 400 quilts, and now that my tickets are purchased and we have a distribution day in Oklahoma on June 10, Kathy (Mission of Love)
and I have decided to extend the deadline for those of you who really
wanted to contribute but couldn't quite make the deadline.
Please refer to the original guidelines, and please BE SURE to pass on the link with the guidelines as you share this with your friends and fellow quilters.
If you wish to help with the cost of the trip and purchase of relief
supplies, you can also donate to MOL via Paypal. Scroll down on the Mission of Love page for the Paypal link on the left.
We are also finalizing details for 400 donated tote bags to match up
with the 400 quilts donated. Kathy always tries to put each quilt in a
tote bag, because for someone who has lost everything, something as
simple as a tote bag has a great practical value. We have a very
generous donor who is providing these tote bags – we'll give you those
details next week.
On July 9, Sam and I are flying to Oklahoma City. On July 10 we will meet Kathy Price and her Mission of Love
volunteer(s) and a truck full of quilts and relief supplies, and July
11 we'll head home. Kathy has been working on a trusted contact to
distribute the quilts, and now that we have that in place, we are
proceeding with our trip plans. We will keep you posted… and
again…thanks to all of you who have donated, or will donate a quilt to
this effort.
Last year Colorado suffered many destructive wildfires, and our fire season this summer started early
with the most destructive fire in the state's history. (over 500 homes
burnt in the Black Forest near Colorado Springs) If there is interest,
after the Oklahoma deadline, we will accept quilts for Colorado fire
victims. More on that later…
We have had our new puppy for
a week (and I've been sleeping on the couch near the back door for a
week) so our kids are all starry-eyed from our cuddly snuffly adorable
fuzzball. She has grown so much in the first week it is kind of crazy.
You can follow our puppy photos on my Facebook Puppy Club.
Latest guilty pleasure: The White Queen on BBC/Starz. Have any of you in the UK seen this?
(Based on the best-selling historical novels by Philippa Gregory)
Happy Summer Solstice, and Happy SuperMoon!
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