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Relief Share receives donation of 2 twin size quilts from local quilt guilds.
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Bev Flowers donates two beautiful quilts to Relief Share
Relief Share, a non profit charity for the sick and needy, received 2 twin size quilts from Bev Flowers (shown in picture attached) representing the UMC Holy Tearers Quilt Group and the Piney River Quilting Guild. The donation was presented to Director Stephanie Little at the local Relief Share office in Houston, Missouri on Oct 19, 2009.
These quilts are a part of a large project being undertaken by Relief Share to fill the need for bedding for the children hospitalized at Shriners Childrens Hospital in St Louis, Missouri. Many children have been cared for by Shriners Hospital in St Louis at no cost. Since April 30, 2009, Relief Share has donated 99 of the 240 quilts requested by the hospital, 141 twin size quilts are still needed.
Richard and Carol Green, founders of Relief Share, have provided most of the many yards of fabric needed for the quilts, purchased from the Lucky Dollar store in Licking, Missouri at a discount given by business owners to help with the charitable efforts of the community. Two local sisters, who wish to remain anonymous, have purchased and donated most of the batting and spend hundreds of hours sewing and tying many of the quilts. Volunteers combine efforts to create the warm quilts for the sick and needy children being treated at Shriners Childrens Hospital.
All donations are much appreciated and put to immediate use. To donate to the “Relief Share Quilts for Kids” project, visit www.ReliefShare.org or call 417-967-3340 for more information. Fabric, batting and flannel backing are needed as well as those who would like to help sew the quilts together and either tie or quilt them. A total of 141 twin size quilts are still needed.
What have we been doing? Our report card ;-)
Posted by: | CommentsWOW – we’ve been so busy that we haven’t had time to post to our blog. Here is our report card 
DONATIONS OUT
- 14 twin size quilts were delivered to our volunteer to take to St Louis Shriners Hospital for Children next week.
- 34 xray shorts were mailed to the hospital
- baby clothing deliveries were made to two organizations – quilts, receiving blankets, toys, etc.
- 2 families received assistance with vital essentials
- donation mailed out to DE of sewing supplies
- donation mailed out to MM of lace, ribbon, and decals for memory boxes for infant death
- donation mailed out to MA of cross stitch projects
- donation mailed out to LP of beads for her project she is working on
- donation mailed out to MG of plastic canvas items for her project she is working on
- donation mailed out to KM of a baby quilt and baby blanket for her little baby girl
- donation given out to KL of baby items for her new baby boy
DONATIONS IN
- we took our sewing machine down to Gammill Sewing Center in West Plains, MO and the wonderful folks there helped us for free and even donated some sewing needles that we badly needed. They also digitized the logo we were working on for one of the hospitals. They are super folks and we strongly recommend them to anyone who wants quality machines and unexcelled customer service. Just ask for Frank or Joe and tell them Carol from Relief Share sent you.
- Kimiko of Bingles, Bangles and Babies Nursery generously donated some of the proceeds of her auctions on Ebay to Relief Share. We are very grateful for her continued support. If you love baby dolls, you really need to check out Kimiko’s babies – she is a very talented artist.
Here is her contact information:
Website: http://www.freewebs.com/binglesbanglesandbabies/
Contact person(s): Kimiko Stallard
Email Address: binglesbanglesbabies@yahoo.com
They provide: reborn dolls, assorted other goods
Business Name: Bingles, Bangles and Babies
eBay Name: drifter1990
- we received a donation of wonderful embroidery patterns to be used on baby blankets and infant wear.
- Brian Jambor of US Cybertek is the designer of our wonderful blog. We express gratitude for all the time he has taken to set it up for us so we can share with you! He is an experienced professional that has been more than generous with his time and talents for us. A good way to recognize him and thank him for his efforts on behalf of the sick and needy we serve is to visit his website and recommend his services to friends, family, acquaintances and office workers.
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Donor Spotlight – Kamsnaps.com
Posted by: | CommentsWe would like to shout out a huge THANK YOU to Judy at Kamsnaps.com for the discounted pricing she gave us on a snap press and snaps. What a wonderful company to deal with. Because of Kamsnaps.com we can now get the hospital IV gowns and diaper covers done a lot more efficiently, effectively and in a timely manner. Judy graciously allowed us to purchase the press and snaps at a price that was within our budget, we couldn’t have done it without her. We highly recommend Kamsnaps.com to everyone.
The snap press is a huge boost in morale to our volunteers who actually sustained hand injuries sewing on the snaps to the gowns needed. There were 800 snaps that had to be either sewn on or put on with a pair of hand pliers and it proved to be very painful! Now the snaps can be put on the items needed without any pain and very quickly (Yes, you guessed it, it was my hands that got hurt LOL). I am grateful for the other volunteers who helped finish up the rest of the snaps on the gowns when I couldn’t anymore.
Now to get busy, the first order of business is 1200 snaps that need to be put on hospital gowns!
A very grateful and happy camper,
Carol Green
President
Relief Share.org
Our charity fundraiser on Ebay sold!
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Relief Share - baby fundraiser on Ebay
Spotlight volunteer – Darlene Auston – come see her monkeys!
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Darlene Austins adorable monkeys
Darlene is a very gifted artist who creates the most darling little monkeys. Her ebay ABOUT ME page has wonderful information, there you can read more about her and how she creates her adorable monkeys.
Darlene is a wonderful asset to our Relief Share family of volunteers, donors and people that care. She personifies love in action. With her assistance we found the Snap Press we needed to put the snaps on the items we donate to the hospitals , links to the PUL fabric that will be used for the diaper covers and hospital gowns for Shriners Hospital and she went the extra mile of providing us with thousands of snaps for the snap press.
In her honor we are introducing our latest fundraiser. I bet you can guess what the fundraiser will be….yep, you are right….some of Darlene’s adorable monkeys!
Come see how darling they are!