This post is dedicated to everyone who helped with the “Quilts for Ukraine” effort. At the end of last week Eileen and I stopped by our drop spots and collected up the very tall stacks of quilts. Last Saturday we got together to pack them up for their long trip. They were each beautiful and special.
What fun it was to unfold each one! We decided to roll them up, sleeping bag style, so we could get as many as possible into each box.
Eileen used up her ribbon collection (striving to match the color 😊) to secure the rolls.
And in a few hours they were rolled
and ready for bagging and boxing:
On Tuesday Eileen’s husband and son loaded the truck, and we headed into Milwaukee to meet up with Judy and her team to add our treasures to their trailer-ful of quilts.
After comparing notes the total number of quilts donated was over 170! Thanks to Judy for spearheading this effort and all of her hard work! Eileen and I prayed for Judy and her crew to have safe travels to Chicago, and for the quilts to each reach the person the Lord knows most needs it.
Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you to all who participated. What a blessing to be able to be a small measure of help to many who are suffering so much.
Debbie H says
Oh Chris and Eileen what a blessing you both are! Amazing response and how grateful the Ukrainians are going to be when they are received. Thank you for your generosity of your time and your compassion to others.
Eleanor McMurrin says
This reminds me of what happened after Hurricane Katrina. A friend who taught at Norther Mississippi University emailed me for help ; his student teachers had no homes, no clothes and the schools?.. So I emailed the Lake Forest High School faculty where I rtaught and got boxes of “teaching”clothes! Plus the math department donated calculators and texts. When I began showing up at the post office with contributions, one of the employees (who was from Mississippi) said just to pull up behind the building and she would take care of things. Ed (my friend) and his wife Judy are comoing to visit in June.
Mary MILLER says
Thanks to all who showed their love and compassion by contributing to this effort, to help our fellow man.
Easter’s sunshine is being shown by this generosity.
Mary Jo McMahon says
Those beautiful quilts will mean so much to so many who are hurting right now. Thanks, thanks, thanks to everyone who participated. You are a blessing to the people of Ukraine and a treasure to all of us who know you. You are guardian angles for sure!
" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow" itemprop="url">Jackie Iannarelli says
I wish I knew about this in the beginning I’m sure our quilt quilt guild would of helped.
Barbara says
Thanks so much for sharing your talent and love with making the quilts for “U”.
God has blessed you many times for all you do.