Quilt For A Cause News

Once again…..Quilt for a Cause, Inc. has done it.  A whopping $113,000 was raised from donations, grants, and the sale of 284 beautiful quilts at their Silent/Live Auction held at the Tucson Medical Center on Saturday, October 3, 2009.  Although more than 600 quilters participated from 30 States and 3 Provinces of Canada, 90% of the quilts were donated by members of the Tucson Quilter’s Guild.

The proceeds from this year’s Auction were distributed between the Tucson Medical Center Foundation and St. Elizabeth’s of Hungary Clinic.  The Tucson Medical Center will be using a part of their portion to fund the Joel Childers Teaching Series ($35,000) for training OB/GYN doctors from around the country on the latest surgical procedures.  Another $10,000 will be spent on breast cancer screening for uninsured and underinsured women.  The remaining $46,000 will be spent on updating or purchasing equipment for TMC’s GYN state of the art surgical center.  St. Elizabeth’s of Hungary Clinic will be using their portion towards helping their patients with breast cancer procedures.

Over the past 6 years, three quilt auctions have taken place at TMC and more than a quarter of a million dollars have been raised for women’s cancers within the Tucson area.  The success of these auctions could not have been successful without the generousity of everyone involved.

Check out Quilt for a Cause on YouTube.  Thanks to DJ and his wife, you can view some of the quilts donated to the Quilt for a Cause Silent Auction hanging on selected hallways of the Tucson Medical Center.  This is their way of “giving” to Quilt for a Cause” since they were unable to make a donation of quilts.  Take a minute to view this wonderful video on YouTube….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4SDDCP1zSc (no longer available for viewing)

You can also access this video by going into YouTube. com.   Place “Quilt for a Cause” in the search mode.  Thanks to the generousity and support from the community our Auction will again be another success story.

You have until 11 a.m. on October 3, 2009 to make a bid on the Silent Auction quilts.  All quilts donated to Quilt for a Cause are in the QFAC Quilt Gallery.  This is the only place where you can view the quilts that will be at the Live Auction.  The Live Auction will begin at 1:30 p.m. on October 3 at the Marshall Auditorium, TMC.

At Home with Nature

 Patricia Votruba of San Diego made a quilt in honor of her friend Cindy who was diagnosed with breast cancer for the 2006 auction.  This past year she made one for her friend Kirsten who was diagnosed with adrenal cancer.  A friendly bidding battle ensued among Kirsten’s family members to be the one who paid the most for the privilege of handing the quilt to their loved one.  Thank you for your generous donation.

The second quilt was sold on the East coast.  Lucille Fiske’s brother and sister travelled to Hawaii and found a lovely pattern for this Hawaiian quilt.  Knowing that she would never make the quilt, Jeanne gave the pattern to Lucille who made the quilt and sold it back to her brother and Jeanne.  Their nice donaton went to Quilt for a Cause.

 Donations of quilts need not be sent into Tucson for the Live/Silent Auction.  They can be sold at any location with the proceeds going towards Quilt for a Cause.  Contact Jeannie Coleman (auction@quiltforacause.org) for information about this process.

A donation of $10,000 was granted to Quilt for a Cause, Inc. by the William and Mary Ross Foundation.  This is a private foundation located in Tucson, Arizona.

A smaller grant was also received from the Earl & Margery C. Chapman Foundation of Hawaii.

Contact  Phyllis Spalla (donations@quiltforacause.org) for more information about making a donation.