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.

Meander the hallways of Tucson Medical Center and enjoy over 200 gorgeous quilts and wall hangings.  Make a bid on the ones that you like and you just might be the highest bidder.   Pay the Buy Me Now price and IT IS YOURS.  The Silent Auction runs through the month of September ending at 11 a.m. on October 3. 

A Live Auction with another 42 quilts will be held on the same day.  The fun begins at 1:30 pm at the Marshall Auditorum, Tucson Medical Center with Honorary Chairs, Mrs. Grant of 94.9Mixfm and her mother, Mary Lou Levesque, Dr. Suresh Katakkar, Master of Ceremonies Liz McMahon, and Auctioneer Oscar Jaramillo.

Fifty volunteers hung and readied the quilts for the Silent Auction on Friday, August 28.  Within days over 10 quilts were sold at the Buy Me Now price.

Catch Carol Zupancic, our video personality, on Saddlebrooke’s Sights ‘n Sounds.  Just go to Video and scroll down to Quilt for a Cause with sewing machine icon.  View some donated quilts.  Listen to Carol’s promotion of the Silent/Live Auction on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at Tucson Medical Center.