[Oceanwavequilters] Fwd: Thank you for your quilt donations

[Sharon Lau]

We received the e-mail below from the group that distributed the donation quilts to the families affected by the Camp Fire in Paradise. Sharon Lau ============ Forwarded message ============ From : Diane Erickson <eternityevents at gmail.com> To : "Jill Hagemeier"<jillhagemeier at yahoo.com> Date : Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:05:36 -0800 Subject : Thank you for your quilt donations ============ Forwarded message ============ Dear sweet, kind, generous Quilters, There are no words that can express my thanks to each and every one of you wonderful ladies. This effort to collect and distribute quilts to individuals and families affected by the Camp Fires was an overwhelming success because of your good hearts. What started as wanting to give my dad’s cousin, John, a quilt and a hug, grew to so much more.  When I began requesting quilts, I had a very lofty goal of hoping to gather 200 quilts to share with those that had lost so much. Never in my wildest imagination did I think that this number would grow to almost 1000 quilts. Though this made the task of distributing a bit overwhelming, with the help of so many wonderful people, most especially my cousin Paula Kanner, we found a home for every quilt except for a few baby quilts which have been donated to local hospitals.  It was wonderful to see the joy on so many faces that have been so sad. I gave a hug to as many fire survivors as possible and their gratefulness for your quilts was true and genuine. I heard many times, “this must have taken so much time to make”, “ this is so generous”, and “such kindness from a stranger”.  Their stories about escaping were heartbreaking and miraculous at the same time. The road to rebuilding lives and homes will take many years, but will be made just a bit lighter and easier with a handmade quilt to keep them warm and remind them to be #paradisestrong.   It was not possible to take a photo of every recipient, but we did take many and they are posted on our website.   http://eternityquiltevents.com/warm-hugs-for-christmas-camp-fire-quilt-relief-effort/ As a thank you, Eternity Quilt Events would like to offer those who donated quilts some special gifts 🎁  if you would like to join us on our next adventure “Let’s Go Visit Jenny”.  This is a 6 day, 5 night tour of Hamilton, Missouri and the surrounding area, including a private dinner and chat with Jenny Doan and her husband Ron.   Here is a link with complete details  http://eternityquiltevents.com/lets-go-visit-jenny/ 🎁 $50 MSQC gift card, MSQC fabric storage bag, 2 MSQC luggage tags.  I hope that you all have a most wonderful Christmas and that 2019 will bring many, joyful hours of quilting time.  Warm Regards,
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