I had comments from many ladies today who thought it was just what a guild should be like. They loved the opportunity to quilt together and to see what everyone else was working on. They hope the guild will always be able to continue this.
My thanks go out to the Executive for supporting this venture.
What other comments do you quilters have?
Janie
A good friend of mine has a Pfaff Creative 1475 CD sewing machine for sale that belonged to an elderly quilter named Eva McLeod. The machine sells at the Pfaff store on Granville for $1500, but she would consider any reasonable offers as all the money raised from Eva’s quilting/sewing supplies is going to the Harambee Project (see below). Her friends have already sold off all her quilting fabric and notions with all the proceeds going to Harambee .If you are at all interested, please contact Ann Kergan at iakergan@telus.netHARAMBEE PROJECT
The Harambee Project was started/founded by Lorie Williams of New Westminster. Having volunteered her time in Kenya to assist in a school for girls she discovered that many young girls could not attend because they could not afford the fees, uniforms, books etc. She was very upset and decided to do something about it. Thus she began sending letters etc to friends to send money to assist. (Lorie’s job was to tell the families of these girls that they could no longer attend because they had not paid their school fees!) The project grew and grew. One girl requires $400 per year to attend. The average length of stay is 4 years = $1600.00. All money donated goes directly to the tuition etc of the student. Delta Kappa Gamma Society International - our Beta Chapter (Burnaby) sponsors one student until completion. With the money we raise from the sale of Eva McLeod’s quilting/sewing supplies we hope to sponsor one more student for the full four year term. It is a rewarding project - we receive letters from our student and feel somewhat connected as several of our members have gone to Africa and volunteered. They have shown slides and information about the project so we all feel it is worthwhile and a great credit to Lorie Williams for starting the project in the first place. I hope this will help in the sale of the sewing machine! Warmly, Ann