{"id":1910,"date":"2015-03-11T09:07:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T15:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2015-03-11T09:07:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T15:07:41","slug":"creative-nudge-for-the-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/creative-nudge-for-the-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Nudge – For the Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Most of you know the story of how Paul and I started eQuilter<\/a> in the basement of our house. Within 60 days we had exceeded our 3 year business plan, moving to 4000 sq ft, then 11,000 sq ft, and finally expanding to our current 15,000 sq ft.<\/p>\n

Our reputation in the industry comes from many things, but part of it is that we use our company as a way to help others.<\/p>\n

Starting with 9\/11, we have collected and distributed over 10,000 of your donated quilts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We have donated a percentage of sales to charity from our first year of business, and the total distributed is over $1.2 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last summer I was invited to meet Pres. Jimmy Carter<\/a> because of our charity work, at a retreat for their Carter Center<\/a> which has a worldwide mission to bring peace, justice and medical relief to developing countries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Because of the eQuilter charity program, I’ve met ambassadors from the UN, US, Canada and Ghana. I’ve hung out with surgeons and photographed cleft lip\/palate surgeries. I’ve had dinner with NASA rocket scientists and astronauts. All because of YOU, so I share all of those moments with you, with humble gratitude.<\/p>\n

In addition to our formal charity program, I try to add in charitable giving when I travel to developing countries<\/a>, often in partnership with our charity program partners<\/a> like Mission of Love.<\/a><\/p>\n

It has been an amazing journey, and for those of you who have been friends and customers over the years, I hope you have felt like you were included in these adventures, as I have personally gifted many of your beautiful donated quilts<\/a> to those so deeply in need<\/a>. That’s how I got the nickname “Quilt Fairy”.<\/p>\n

Here is a scrapbook collage of many of those trips, which would not have been possible without the support of my husband and partner Paul, my patient kids and our stellar staff<\/a>, and most importantly all of you who have supported eQuilter and our charity program over the years. THANK YOU!<\/p>\n

Photo clockwise from top left:
\nSchool for street children in India<\/a> with Pam Holland, Cleft Lip\/Palate surgery trip in Guatemala City<\/a>, Guatemalan orphan, Sophie’s quilt for Haiti earthquake victims, TecPan Orphanage in Guatemala, Beijing orphanage<\/a>.<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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