{"id":216,"date":"2013-07-13T17:05:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T21:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/tornado-quilts-for-moore-oklahoma"},"modified":"2015-03-07T00:07:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T00:07:53","slug":"tornado-quilts-for-moore-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/tornado-quilts-for-moore-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Tornado Quilts for Moore Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am home from Oklahoma City,
\nbut I definitely brought back the visceral images of the tornado's
\ndestruction.
\nAfter spending time in neighborhoods that had been reduced to twisted
\npiles of rubble, and as I drove home into my own cul-de-sac, I couldn't
\nhelp but imagine what it would feel like to walk into one's own
\ndecimated neighborhood.
\nAfter spending time outside the memorial at Plaza Tower Elementary where
\n there is only a foundation with a chainlink fence, it reminded me of
\nGround Zero in NYC, of burnt neighborhoods here in Colorado, and other
\ndisaster sites I've visited.<\/p>\n

However I am happy to report that together we made a difference for 400
\npeople in Moore, Oklahoma.
\nWe trucked in your 400 donated quilts, and teamed up with the Stitchin'
\nPost across the street from the Town Hall, and handed out a total of 500
\n quilts and several hundred pillowcases to many families who had lost
\ntheir homes, or worse.
\n(Stitching' Post brought over the pillowcases, and about 100 additional
\ndonated quilts.)<\/p>\n

If you'd like to read more about our work with Mission of Love, you can watch this video<\/a> or read this article.<\/a> We were also on Channel 4 News in Oklahoma City but I don't have a link to the video clip yet.<\/p>\n

We met with Mayor Glenn Lewis<\/a>,
\n to get a big picture perspective on the aftermath of this event.
\nOne thing that is so devastating is the huge amount of money that has
\nbeen donated to big name relief organizations, and only a shamefully
\nsmall fraction of that money has gone to helping the people who lost
\ntheir homes.
\n12,000 homes were destroyed, and 5700 are too damaged to live in until
\nthey are repaired.<\/p>\n

Before donating to a big relief organization, please investigate the
\norganization (no matter how famous!) to see how much of their donated
\nfunds go to "administrative expenses".
\n…
\nyes I am talking about THAT big relief organization.
\nActually there are 2 of them that are sitting on funds, not only from
\nthis tornado, but from the previous tornado!<\/p>\n

Kathy Price was so moved by our time with Danni and her family<\/a>,
\n that she decided to start an effort to rebuild homes in Moore, as
\nMission of Love has done after Katrina in Lafitte LA, and also in Pine
\nRidge SD.<\/p>\n

When you place an order with us, if you choose Mission of Love as your eQuilter Charity, your 2% will go towards the building supplie<\/a>s
\n for the first house we will rebuild together, for Danni's family, who
\nlost not only their uninsured home, (read the article) but their 9 year
\nold son Christopher.<\/p>\n

If you wish to lend additional support for rebuilding homes in Moore, you can donate to Mission of Love via PayPal<\/a>, or volunteer to help build a house with Kathy and Mission of Love.<\/p>\n

If you missed out on donating a quilt, you can still send them to the
\nStitchin' Post, who will make sure your quilt(s) get into the hands of
\nthose most in need.
\n(316 N.
\nBroadway, Moore OK 73160)<\/p>\n

Please take a look at my Oklahoma Tornado photo page<\/a>, to see photos of those who received your quilts.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to Patty Reed Designs and EE Schenck for the 400 beautiful "Hope" tote bags that were given to each quilt recipient.
\n Also thanks to eQuilter customer and Moore tornado survivor Linda Crook who drove us around for 48 hours.<\/p>\n

Next weekend I'll be writing to you from the Sacred Threads<\/a> show and Not Fade Away<\/a> conference in the Wash DC area.<\/span><\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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