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QUILTING
Last year our Quilters Group presented a special Remembrance Day quilt to the Quilts of Valour. This year we received a special thank you card from that organization.
Text of the Thank You Card
Dearest Ladies of The New Hope United Church Quilters, I have been given many quilts from quilters for Quilts of Valor but never one so beautifully done. It is a true masterpiece and one can easily see the skill, care and love that went into the stitches. We cannot thank you enough for your kindness. I will do my best to let you know of its final home. All our Military men here are deserving and special but this one must go to someone extra special, From the bottom of my heart, thank you We are so proud of these lovely ladies, who made this beautiful quilt that was sent to the Quilts of Valour - Canada Society and will be presented to a member of the Canadian Armed Forces or a veteran. Thanks to Ellie Spick, Ruth Copithorn, Ingrid Beck, Amy Darker, Linda Davies, and New Hope United Church. 
Thanks to everyone who made today’s Remembrance Day Service so special. Thanks especially to the kids and youth who so enthusiastically took the reigns and organized a wonderful service! Thanks also to Master Corporal (retired) Robert Smith for his thoughtful reflection.
QUILTING
Our Quilters meet every Wednesday at 10 am and spend the morning stitching, talking and building friendships. They would be pleased to show you their work and anyone is welcome to join them. This year they showed off their craftiness with some beautiful Christmas Tree Ornaments. Below is an example - a recently completed beautiful crib quilt as well as a double sized child's quilt .
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Ellie, one our wonderful quilters, wrote the following for a church presentation:
As most of you know we have a quilting group here at the church and we meet here on Wednesdays from 10 until 3.30. We bring our lunches and make tea and coffee and share a meal together. In between we work on a quilt. I thought today I would just tell you a little bit about what we do with some of our quilts and how much your church contributes to your community.
Some time ago, one of our quilters who is also a volunteer at Mackenzie Hospital in Richmond Hill volunteered to deliver twenty lap quilts to the hospital for the extendacare patients that reside there full time. They were very appreciative and said they would be grateful for any and all that we could find the time to make for them.
Last year we answered an ad in the small local paper put in by York Region. The child abuse program of York Region was asking for volunteers to knit Teddy Bears of any description for the abused children. The quilters talked about it after sending for the pattern and decided it was a very worthwhile cause and would be fun also. When the lady arrived to pick up the completed bears we had 14 to donate.
Everyone in this congregation knows we operate an emergency food bank here but we also offer gifts of clothing, gift cards for food and other necessity's mostly provided by generous people in the congregation. The quilters always try to keep a few crib size baby quilts on hand as some of the people asking for help have a baby or are expecting one in the near future. We also sell some of our quilts.
In the past we have created a lap size quilt and a twin size quilt for Richmond Hill Hospice House for one of their three bedrooms. The Hospice House is a bungalow staffed with wonderful dedicated and skilled people looking after people who are approaching the end of their lives. The manager was very happy to receive our gift of two quilts and asked if we could possibly make three more for the other three beds. Note that they are always looking for donations of money from the public to help keep their doors open.
Several years ago we made a queen size quilt and donated our material and quilting for a raffle to raise money for our church.
Thank you for reading and I hope when you get an invitation to a baby shower or a wedding you keep us in mind because everything we make from our quilting goes to paying forward.
As most of you know we have a quilting group here at the church and we meet here on Wednesdays from 10 until 3.30. We bring our lunches and make tea and coffee and share a meal together. In between we work on a quilt. I thought today I would just tell you a little bit about what we do with some of our quilts and how much your church contributes to your community.
Some time ago, one of our quilters who is also a volunteer at Mackenzie Hospital in Richmond Hill volunteered to deliver twenty lap quilts to the hospital for the extendacare patients that reside there full time. They were very appreciative and said they would be grateful for any and all that we could find the time to make for them.
Last year we answered an ad in the small local paper put in by York Region. The child abuse program of York Region was asking for volunteers to knit Teddy Bears of any description for the abused children. The quilters talked about it after sending for the pattern and decided it was a very worthwhile cause and would be fun also. When the lady arrived to pick up the completed bears we had 14 to donate.
Everyone in this congregation knows we operate an emergency food bank here but we also offer gifts of clothing, gift cards for food and other necessity's mostly provided by generous people in the congregation. The quilters always try to keep a few crib size baby quilts on hand as some of the people asking for help have a baby or are expecting one in the near future. We also sell some of our quilts.
In the past we have created a lap size quilt and a twin size quilt for Richmond Hill Hospice House for one of their three bedrooms. The Hospice House is a bungalow staffed with wonderful dedicated and skilled people looking after people who are approaching the end of their lives. The manager was very happy to receive our gift of two quilts and asked if we could possibly make three more for the other three beds. Note that they are always looking for donations of money from the public to help keep their doors open.
Several years ago we made a queen size quilt and donated our material and quilting for a raffle to raise money for our church.
Thank you for reading and I hope when you get an invitation to a baby shower or a wedding you keep us in mind because everything we make from our quilting goes to paying forward.
