January, 2013
ANOTHER YEAR...
2012 will soon be in the history books. In the Peace by Piece Quilters history book it will be considered another year of warm hearted volunteers providing warmth and comfort for area children in need. In 2012 we made and donated 392 quilts to AZ Blankets 4 Kids for distribution to those organizations servicing children in need. To date we have donated a total of 3, 873 quilts. We also donated one quilt to Mission del Sol Church to be used during their quarterly participation in housing homeless families through the Family Promise project. And we donated a bed size quilt to the church to be used as a mission fundraiser during their annual Super Flea.
SPEAKING OF FUNDRAISING...
Without a little fundraising of our own we could not possible make so many quilts. In January 2012 Nina, a long time Peace by Piece volunteer, started a monthly fundraising effort to raise money for purchasing the endless need of quilt batting, flannel, printing of brochures & contact cards and the labels that we sew on every quilt we make. She has quilting related items available at every bee for raffle. All the items raffled are donated by Peace by Piece volunteers and others who so generously donate unused sewing items. This year these raffle items raised $513. That allowed us to purchase 4 rolls of batting, which is less than half of our yearly use. A donated OTT floor lamp raised $70 in a special raffle. AZ Blankets 4 Kids awarded us a $300 grant to help us in our mission and we also received $84 in private donations (Thank You Kay and Dawn). Plus yards and yards of fabric donated by volunteers and church members.
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MOVING FORWARD...
2013 is starting out to be another great year for the Peace by Piece Quilters mission. Our partnership with Mission del Sol Presbyterian Church is providing us with another year of having a wonderful space to sew in. They have placed us on their event calendar every month in the New Year. They are also allowing us to use a bank of shelves for storage of bee related items so not as much stuff has to be delivered and removed from the church for all those scheduled bees. All the volunteers that help set up and tear down the room for our bees deserve a round of applause because their effort to always leave the room as we found it is a noted reason the church is allowing us to use their space again in the coming year.
At the end of the day they had completed 30 quilts and 16 tops. The
raffle items raised $28 dollars. The special OTT Floor Lamp raffle
raised $70 with the winning ticket drawn. Ruth is now the proud owner of
the lamp. Congratulations Ruth!
