HOLIDAY Happenings

It's been a BUSY few weeks & I must admit that I LUV it!
 
I dropped off 222 Placemats that we all made for the "MEALS on WHEELS" recipients. Yesterday I received a call saying that Donna Dunbar made about 35 more mats. ( Last year Donna made 78 placemats - what a Generous person! When I delivered them to the Pickering office I had quite a Surprise....the Meals on Wheels association had made 2 plaques to acknowledge our Donations of Many quilted placemats (over 1,500) I cannot wait til January to present it to our 2 Hard working groups....they will be SEW surprised!!!!!

The "ROUGE VALLEY QUILT GUILD" & a smaller group "HELPING HANDS" have worked their talents to bring a smile for those recieving "M on W". For the last few years, before the holidays we hosted a Workshop @ the RVQG. We fill the room with eager members & sew placemats for the entire day. The Helping Hands group meet every month & work all year to produce a Vast amount of placemats. It is a group effort that brings isolated seniors a special placemat for their Holiday dinner. Prior to 2003 it was the hard work of the "Yorkshire Rose quilt guild" members.
We now make Non-holiday placemats that are given on other occasions.

I started this Xmas "M on W" placemat drive about 15 yrs ago, but this is the 1st time we were bestowed a wonderful "Thank You" gift!!!
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I should also mention the other groups which make this possible.
The 43 divison "Police" station in Scarborough. They have provided us a great place to work for the last few years...Free of charge.

Also the "Art Of Fabric" quilt store on Brock Rd in Pickering has allowed the "Helping Hands" group to use their facilities to sew....Free of charge.

It takes alot of hard work & generous spirit to make this many placemats possible. MANY MANY THANX to Everyone for their participation.
I will post pics of the plaques asap!!!!!    "I'm doing a Happy dance"