January 8 meeting reminder

Happy New Year, everyone! We are so lucky to have an early start to our program year with Vicki showing us some new ideas for veterans quilts! Also, if you signed up for postcard ugly fabric challenge, get them mailed, and recipients, please bring them in to show. I am so looking forward to seeing y’all. I plan to bring “Our Community” quilt in for your autographs. We’re also planning to give WHEAT donations. And, of course, show and tell. Hope you can join the fun, January 8th. 7:00pm.

December surprise!

What?! You mean besides the foot of snow?! Yes! I was notified that the December 1st drawing for the raffle quilt we made “Our Community” was my lucky ticket! I am so thrilled, I can hardly believe it. I have been purchasing quilt raffle tickets ever since I began seriously quilting 25 years ago, and have never had the lucky ticket. I am sure that I have found my rightful place here in our community!

I hope that if you were a maker you will sign it for me in January, as I’d like to fully document this beautiful quilt!

With much gratitude,
Marcy

cancelling December meeting

No meeting due to weather! Cathy Williams has told us we can bring WHEAT donations to the January meeting. Everyone stay safe as we experience winter weather! Wishing everyone a joyous holiday season with family and loved ones.

WHEAT Donations and Program Ideas

Vicki here......
 I think that most of us get blog post notifications via email and I've just figured out that Blogger no longer sends that email for scheduled posts, which is most of what I do. I've done 2 posts recently and, in case you missed them, here are the links:

Information about donations for WHEAT at the December meeting

Program ideas post

Just so the post can have a photo here's a veterans quilt top that I finished just an hour ago!

WHEAT Food/Supplies Drive at the December Meeting

WHEAT Food Drive: Each December we donate a car load full of food to WHEAT.  They operate a bi-monthly food pantry in coordination with several area churches and serve about 80 families each month. Everything they do is to help people in need in our own community. If you want to support WHEAT you can bring items from the following list or a donation check/cash to give to Cathy Williams at the meeting Tuesday.

WHEAT is in the business of providing for families. Please, if you hear about a family that needs assistance in Western Hanover County, please tell them about WHEAT. We are waiting to help with our 24-hour hotline, West Hanover Men’s Wood Ministry and our twice monthly Open Pantry. Our hotline can give information on all of these. Hotline number is 1-877-559-4328. 

The WHEAT Pantry is low in stock so they need all the basics!
WHEAT Needs:

• Cereal, oatmeal, pancake mix w/syrup, sugar free also needed
• 1 lb bags of dried beans, rice or noodles. They can break down very large bags if you want to buy in bulk
• Small jars of peanut butter and jelly
• Spaghetti sauce
• Canned soups or mixes
• Canned meats: tuna, chicken, potted meat, sardines
• Canned vegetables
• Canned fruit, including low sugar and sugar free
• Canned beans, any kind
• Coffee and tea
• One-dish meals - Brunswick stew, hamburger helper, etc
• Boxes of mac and cheese
• Pouches of dried milk
• Hygiene products: soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, bandaids, razors, wash cloths, hand towels, combs, deodorant
• MONEY to buy perishable foods
• Gift cards to grocery stores

The also like to get household items such as:

• Bleach spray
• Comet
• Liquid dishwashing soap
• Scrub pads
• Dish cloths and dish towels
• Toilet paper
• Paper towels
• Tissues
• Wipes
• Small boxes of plastic zip containers for food storage
• Foil
• Waxed paper
• Plastic wrap
• Clothes washing detergent

If you belong to another organization that wants to also have a food drive please talk to Cathy Williams at the meeting or get her number off of the membership list. She is the Open Pantry Coordinator.

Sewing Days are this week - Dec 7 & 8 plus more....

Quick reminder, Friday and Saturday are sewing days! If you are feeling a bit "crunched" with how close the holidays are already, come and laugh and sew with us. No regrets, we promise!!

And, our club meeting is coming up, too -- Next Tuesday, December 11th. Bring a dish to share! We'll be starting the dinner at 6:30, so plan to come a little earlier than usual. We will have an opportunity for sharing "ugly fabric" for our postcard exchange (a 10" square will do it, and we have some left from November, in case you forget).

Show and tell, and please bring something to share with W.H..E.A.T.!! A list of items most needed will be posted this week.

Thanks, all, and hope to see everyone in a few days!
Marcy