$910 for Haiti Relief!

After a week's collecting, we've totalled up $910 in donations! Thank you for your generous support. In the next few weeks we'll have information about a couple of sew-ins, hosted by one of our customers, to make baby and toddler blankets that will get sent to a specific orphanage in Haiti. We all saw the moving images of those lucky babies coming home to their American families. That joy here is equal to the sorrow remaining in Haiti as many more children have now become orphans.
Our two recipients of the donations we collected are the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund and the Kombit Sante Earthquake Response Fund. If you haven't already made a donation we encourage you to support one of these organizations.

American Red Cross of Southern Maine
2401 Congress Street-Portland, Maine 04102
Be sure to put "Haiti Relief and Development Fund" and the Code # AP2885 in the memo.

Kombit Sante Earthquake Response Fund
P.O. Box 11281 - Portland, Maine 04104
Put Earthquake Response Fund in the memo

Thank you!

Haiti Support at MCQS

Thanks to everyone who has donated so far! We've already collected over $400 in just two days. Make your donation at MCQS today and we'll thank you with 10%, 20% or 40% off your purchase! One time per quilter, but feel free to donate as much as you like. Our donations will be pooled into one bank check and sent to the American Red Cross, speifically memo-ed for Haiti relief. We also have a customer working on arranging a program to send quilts and baby blankets to one of the orphanages - which sadly will now probably have more children to care for. Keep the donations coming - we'll post a final total after Saturday, the last day we'll collect!

Happy New Year!

So, writing 2010 will take a little getting used to, but I think I'll manage. We had a wonderful time with our family over the holiday break and appreciate your understanding that being closed for those few days was important! Connor and Tucker had a great time in PA with their Big Poppi, Grammy Sue, Great Grandma and all their aunts, uncles and cousins. So - thank you for the wonderful gift! And a surprise extra day on Saturday. We came in long enough to shovel a little and feed Mirabelle, but went right home. I hope you all were safe during the storm.

We're back in the swing and ready to open on Tuesday 1/5 and hear about all your wonderful holidays. Classes start soon so check the website class page for a complete listing and the newsletter page for other fun events and clubs. We have a lot to offer and are so thankful for the opportunity to have a great new classroom to do it!

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See you soon!