March, 2012
UPDATE ON OUR SPECIAL PROJECT
Last month I shared with you our Special Project quilt that we planned to donate to Mission del Sol Presbyterian Church as a Thank You for welcoming us into their church every month for our bees. At the February bee we presented the quilt to the church. It has already started raising funds for them as a raffle. Their annual Super Flea event was held a few weeks ago where the quilt was displayed and raffle tickets were sold. There are a few other mission fundraising events where tickets will be sold with the winning ticket being drawn on April 8, 2012. If you would like to purchase a raffle ticket for an opportunity to win this quilt you can do that during the March bee from PBP volunteer and church member Laura or by visiting the church office.
PEACE BY PIECE QUILTERS FUNDRAISING
At the beginning of this year the Peace by Piece Quilters started doing fundraisers at our monthly bees. Donated items are displayed and raffle tickets can be purchased by bee goers at $1.00 each. The winning tickets are drawn that day. In January $49.00 was raised during the bee. In February $78.00 was raised. We will continue to have the bee fundraisers until we run out of suitable items. This month we also received $300.00 from AZ Blankets for Kids to help us purchase needed items that are not donated.
As a frame reference of the funds it takes to keep us going each month.... At the February bee we used a whole roll of batting (this is not unusual). We are able to purchase our batting at the wholesale cost of $120.00 a roll. This month we purchased 12 yards of white flannel costing $45.00 (using a 40% off coupon at JoAnns) to be used as batting for flannel toddler tops waiting to be completed.
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