Dear Friends,
The quilts for Ukrainian refugees are coming in now, in batches. They are arriving at Mission of Love in Ohio, and you are dropping them off at our office in Boulder Colorado. Today we shipped 100 lbs of donated comfort quilts to MOL, and we’ll keep shipping them as they come in.
We want to ask you to keep in mind that MOL is a volunteer operation and they are stretched thin right now between loading up trucks at the warehouse, and getting the food and medical supplies to the airport to catch the next plane to Poland.
Please do NOT call them. They will only refer you back to us. If you have questions call or email eQuilter. We are prepared to answer your questions. We don’t want to interrupt their life-saving work while they are rushing to get these urgent supplies shipped. Thank you!
Ship to:
Mission of Love
2054 Hemlock Ct, Youngstown, OH 44515
We also want to remind you to think of those who will receive these quilts, and the conditions in which they are living now. Generous lap/nap quilts and small bed quilts are the best sizes. Nobody has a king size bed there.
As you may know, the Mission of Love is the largest user of the Denton Program. This is a program which uses military cargo planes to transport relief and medical supplies and food (without charge) usually after a natural disaster. In this case we are trying to get supplies to the edge of a war zone, so these military planes are currently not available to us. At the moment we are also having to pay to have them shipped on commercial planes which is very expensive.
eQuilter is sending extra cash to help buy food and medical supplies, and to help pay for transport, but this week Kathy Price has set up a GoFundMe page to also raise money for the shipping fees. You also can DONATE DIRECTLY TO MISSION OF LOVE, on their website.
Remember to get a tracking number for your shipment to Ohio if you want to confirm receipt. They do not have an office staff to let you know the package was received.
I want to share a photo we took today, (above) with the batch of quilts that was shipped out to Ohio an hour later. Many of our staff are in the photo, and they were so delighted to see what you quilters have contributed to this effort.
We want to remind you that the most urgently needed help right now is medical supplies, food, and of course housing. We can help with the first two, through Mission of Love. Kathy wants to send a 40’ container ($7200 shipping) with wheelchairs, walkers, canes, hospital supplies etc from their warehouse. The refugees and orphans are in need of all the humanitarian aid now. Last week they sent 16,000 lbs of rice to Kyiv by container. The cost of all this shipping needs to be covered.
If you got this far down the page, I also want to point out that we are having our 40% Off End-of-Season Chocolate Sale this week, because it all needs to be shipped out now before it gets too warm! If you live in an area that is still a cool early Spring, it is not too late to snag a chocolate stash to share with your local quilting buddies.
Praying for Peace,
Luana and Paul
Sat April 9 at 1 pm – Intl Quilt Trends lecture – New England Quilt Museum – (Closing reception for Luana’s curated exhibit – “For the Love of Gaia”
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