Well I did say in my last post, that I would not post any more for this year. But I am a female and I have changed my mind LOL. Rather a lot has happened in the last couple of weeks and since the January post is usually very big, I thought I would do an extra one now.
Firstly, our Christmas party, which we had at the Country Club in Breakfast Point, was fabulous. We had a terrific view, heaps of good food and laughter. One of the bonuses of a group like ours is the friendships which develop.
Doesn't that pool make you want to leap in for a swim? It was a super hot day that day and I for one, could have done with a dip.
Our President (she hates being called that!!) ran over a lot of facts and figures for the year. I won't bore you with all of them, but the base line is that we donated 380 quilts and 361 miscellaneous items this year (beanies, booties, wraps etc,). We could not have achieved that without the wonderful support of our sponsors, both the ones who give us cash donations and the quiet ones who work in the background and donate quilts and fabric & wool to us for distribution to those in need. A big thank you to everyone who has been a part of our organisation this year.
This year we donated to:
Palliative Care Unit, Concord; We Care Connect (Central Coast); St Mary's Villa; Archie's Army (Harden-Murrumburrah); San Miguel Family Centre (Kermond); Mission Australia; Dandelion Network; Chiswick Manor Care Community; Wayside Chapel; Skillshare (Mudgee); Estia; Earthquake victims (Morrocco); 3 individual donation quilts.
We have also made two further drop offs since our party, and here are the photos from these. First up 10 quilts to Palliative Care:
Elizabeth VDH made the first 3 quilts:
The other drop off was to We Care Connect. Not many quilts this time, but there were bags and bags of toys and clothes which we had collected in a whip around. It was very timely, because in addition to their usual support of children in the community, they were packing 2000 food and toy hampers for distribution for Christmas. The warehouse was packed to the rafters with hampers. This is just one bay of the toy hampers:
This was our delivery.
Thank you for your support during the year. And we wish you a wonderful Christmas. See you in the New Year.
