We received an update on total quilts received for the Wrap A Smile project that we support. These quilts do not only come from Sunshine quilters but also from many others across the country. As a group of quilters we are lucky to be able to contribute what we do to this wonderful project. If you are interested in helping with these quilts just join the sunshine yahoo group and help us keep kids warm one quilt at a time.
From Terry, founder of Wrap A Smile:
In 2009, Wrap-A-Smile received 2,169 quilts.
Total that I am aware of since the start of Wrap-A-Smile is 14,593.
Quilters spent $2,690.81 for shipping their quilts to myself and Gail in CA.
This shipping cost does not reflect UPS charges or Federal Express.
Who ever would have believed this project would be what it is today...........
Sunshine Quilters Online Guild makes quilts for children and teens all around the world. We work with two programs: Wrap-A-Smile and Wrap Them in Love.
Wrap-A-Smile is part of a Rotary program called Rotaplast. Rotaplast sends volunteer medical teams worldwide to perform free cleft lip/cleft palate surgery on children. After surgery each child gets a quilt to warm up in and to keep.
Wrap Them in Love is a quilt donation program headquartered in Mt. Vernon, Washington. Wrap Them in Love is an official 501(c)3 non-profit organization. They send quilts to orphanages worldwide. To go to their website, click on their url under Links below.
Quilts are collected on a continuous basis. Both programs send quilts regularly; the need is on-going.
We welcome new members at any time, and encourage everyone to share the love, warmth, and fun of quilting for others!
BLOCK LOTTO
We do a monthly block lotto.. half the blocks are donated to Sunshine for children's quilts. The other half is given to a winner whose name is drawn at the end of the month. For details, please post a comment at this blog or send an email to the address listed below in Updates to Blog.
