Tuesday, October 15, 2013
A Thanks From the Warneke Family
Friday, October 11, 2013
Getting Our Name Out There
Layers of Hope - Quilting 911 is NOT about me nor has it ever been about me. It is about us, each one of us, being part of the team that makes up Layers of Hope - Quilting 911, the quilters.
Each time a call goes out for quilts, the landscape changes a bit. Some quilters from previous times are booked and can't make quilts now but tell me to continue to keep them in the loop.
Other quilters say, I don't have time, but I will help others with postage and step up when asked and do just what they have promised to do.
Quilt shops have graciously helped get the word out and I mean from virtual on line quilt shops to brick and mortar quilt shops have been willing to post on their web-sites or even put ads up in their stores.
New quilters that have never quilted before, ask for a chance to reach out to help someone in need. Seasoned quilters will fast put together a project for a family in need.
It is wonderful that so many of you in this day and age of virtual everything find us in billions of bits of information on the internet and I am humbled and honored.
I want you to know that what you do and how you reach out to others is getting around, people are coming to me to ask how can they help and yesterday in the mail I received a quilt with no return address, no quilt label, just a note that said, please forward this quilt to Jeri, the dispatcher with cancer. WOW!!
When I sit down to send an Email explaining who we are and what we do and someone said, I know all about your organization, it means that we are reaching out to people and they are telling others about us.
What makes that special is that it means, more quilters or crocheters or knitters will contact us during the next need we have or the need after that.
So the next time you are asked what do you do for fun, don't say, 'just quilt,' say instead, 'I AM a quilter!'
To all of you who helped reach out to over 70 family members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot team, I stand up and humbly bow before you and say thank you, I am honored to know each and everyone of you!
Each time a call goes out for quilts, the landscape changes a bit. Some quilters from previous times are booked and can't make quilts now but tell me to continue to keep them in the loop.
Other quilters say, I don't have time, but I will help others with postage and step up when asked and do just what they have promised to do.
Quilt shops have graciously helped get the word out and I mean from virtual on line quilt shops to brick and mortar quilt shops have been willing to post on their web-sites or even put ads up in their stores.
New quilters that have never quilted before, ask for a chance to reach out to help someone in need. Seasoned quilters will fast put together a project for a family in need.
It is wonderful that so many of you in this day and age of virtual everything find us in billions of bits of information on the internet and I am humbled and honored.
I want you to know that what you do and how you reach out to others is getting around, people are coming to me to ask how can they help and yesterday in the mail I received a quilt with no return address, no quilt label, just a note that said, please forward this quilt to Jeri, the dispatcher with cancer. WOW!!
When I sit down to send an Email explaining who we are and what we do and someone said, I know all about your organization, it means that we are reaching out to people and they are telling others about us.
What makes that special is that it means, more quilters or crocheters or knitters will contact us during the next need we have or the need after that.
So the next time you are asked what do you do for fun, don't say, 'just quilt,' say instead, 'I AM a quilter!'
To all of you who helped reach out to over 70 family members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot team, I stand up and humbly bow before you and say thank you, I am honored to know each and everyone of you!
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Colorado 911 Flood Victims Need Our Help - 10 Quilts Needed
The holidays are fast approaching, you are busy quilting, crafting or sewing up a storm, no time for any more projects. How about sending a card or a small care package with your favorite things...chocolates, gum, gift card, stationary, hand sanitizer, cologne, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc.?
When was the last time you had no home to go to? I once lived in my car and remember how it felt to hide I had no home to live in. I had a full time job but didn't qualify for housing for my sons and I, so while they lived with their dad, I scrimped and saved and slept in my car at night. I showered at work, ate at work, went to the laundromat and spent time at the library reading.
Now imagine you were homeless, not because you didn't have any money, but because a devastating flood hit your area and ruined your home. All your quilting, sewing and crafting supplies were gone. Then, you woke up and realized it was a nightmare.
However, the first responders who are still working at their job answering 911 calls, are awake and they are still living the nightmare because their homes are gone or in ruins.
Please, won't you reach out to one of these families in need? We only have a few this time, so I think we can get them done quickly:
As always, please let me know which person you would like to adopt and I will send your further information and place that person as adopted!
When was the last time you had no home to go to? I once lived in my car and remember how it felt to hide I had no home to live in. I had a full time job but didn't qualify for housing for my sons and I, so while they lived with their dad, I scrimped and saved and slept in my car at night. I showered at work, ate at work, went to the laundromat and spent time at the library reading.
Now imagine you were homeless, not because you didn't have any money, but because a devastating flood hit your area and ruined your home. All your quilting, sewing and crafting supplies were gone. Then, you woke up and realized it was a nightmare.
However, the first responders who are still working at their job answering 911 calls, are awake and they are still living the nightmare because their homes are gone or in ruins.
Please, won't you reach out to one of these families in need? We only have a few this time, so I think we can get them done quickly:
Kristen Owen-green
Aaron-age 12-Black
Ryan-age 10-Dark Purple
Hayden-age 7-Dark Blue
Diane Webber-Green
Grown children
Jan Carpenter-neutral colors **Adopted by Michelle M.**
No children
Sue Perney-unknown color
One high school aged son
Kelly Doherty-unknown color
No children
Mary Thacker-unknown color
No children
As always, please let me know which person you would like to adopt and I will send your further information and place that person as adopted!
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Dispatcher With Stage 3 Cancer Needs Our Support
One of our family members is in need of help and support. Tiffani
Allen has only been with us for seven months but she has a total of nine
years of service as a dispatcher. Tiffani has been diagnosed with Stage
3 cancer. She is now in unpaid status and is paying for medical
insurance out of pocket. Tiffani hoped to be able to work with us as
much as possible during chemotherapy but her condition has worsened and
she is unable to work at all.
In the short time we have known her, Tiffani has always been kind, friendly, and a valued part of the team. We are doing as much as we can as an agency, but any prayers and/or support for Tiffani and her children would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, 911 Cares Family, for being there for us.
Cards or other support can be sent to:
and making her a quilt***She could still use cards of support! Here is the quilt Brenda made For Tiffani!
In the short time we have known her, Tiffani has always been kind, friendly, and a valued part of the team. We are doing as much as we can as an agency, but any prayers and/or support for Tiffani and her children would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, 911 Cares Family, for being there for us.
Cards or other support can be sent to:
Hamilton County Public Safety CommunicationsGoing through Chemo is a very bone chilling cold. If anyone would like to send this dispatcher a quilt to take with her during treatments, let me know please! ***Thank you Brenda B. for adopting this dispatcher
C/o Sara Leap
18100 Cumberland Rd.
Noblesville, IN 46060
Battle Against Stage 4 Cancer, Cards of Encouragement - Adopted by Anonymous
Dear 911 Cares,Jeri Dotson-Modschiedler, Allen County (OH), Needs Support
We all hear the word Cancer and think that it's not going to be us. For us, our Department heard the word Cancer and it became one of us. Unfortunately for Cancer, it has chosen the wrong Dispatcher to make its way into. Our friend, co-worker and family member, Jeri Dotson-Modschiedler, a ten year veteran with the Allen County Sheriff's Office Communications Division and 38 yr old mother of five and step ~ mother of two, has been diagnosed with stage four Colon, Liver and Lung Cancer, just three weeks after giving birth to her 5th child, a happy healthy baby boy.
With stage four cancer, Jeri is in the fight for her life and fighting hard with an incredibly positive attitude. She is in the early process of receiving the aggressive forms of chemotherapy treatment's, which started mid September, only days after receiving the news of this ugly diagnosis.
We are dedicated to fighting the fight with Jeri, and any acts of kindness or words of encouragement are greatly appreciated. As Jeri would say "FIGHT LIKE A GIRL"
Please send any cards and/or forms of support to:
The Allen County Sheriff's OfficePatients receiving Chemo report being very cold. If you would like to send a quilt to help this mother during treatment, please let me know!
C/O Dispatcher Jeri Modschiedler
333 N. Main St.
Lima, Ohio 45801 **Adopted by Anonymous**
I received a quilt from an anonymous donor who wanted it to go to Jeri. I have ready to go.
Colorado 911 Dispatchers Need Our Help
Right now, I have a list of five families that need our assistance. One of those has 3 sons ages 7, 10 & 12 years of age and I am waiting for information from the other families.
These families home are gone. If you can't send a quilt right now, they could probably use gift cards, hand sanitizer, gloves (working type), first aid kits, face masks, snacks (dried fruit, trail mix, etc.), hats, flash lights, batteries, battery operated candles, note cards, etc.
I will post more information as I receive it.
Even packages of those white 'bar' rags would help them with clean up.
Thank you all for making this a huge success in what we do to reach out to others!
If you want to send them a card of encouragement:
911 Flood Relief
C/O Kimberly Culp (telephone authority director)
380 N. Wilson Ave.
Loveland, CO 80537
Please, please remember if you choose to send something for a family, let me know so I can make sure the families all receive something and it isn't just for one family member from 10 quilters!
These families home are gone. If you can't send a quilt right now, they could probably use gift cards, hand sanitizer, gloves (working type), first aid kits, face masks, snacks (dried fruit, trail mix, etc.), hats, flash lights, batteries, battery operated candles, note cards, etc.
I will post more information as I receive it.
Even packages of those white 'bar' rags would help them with clean up.
Thank you all for making this a huge success in what we do to reach out to others!
If you want to send them a card of encouragement:
911 Flood Relief
C/O Kimberly Culp (telephone authority director)
380 N. Wilson Ave.
Loveland, CO 80537
Please, please remember if you choose to send something for a family, let me know so I can make sure the families all receive something and it isn't just for one family member from 10 quilters!
Taking a Look At Some Granite Mountain Hotshot Completed Quilts...All Have Been Adopted!
All I can say is all of you are so amazing, you make my heart swell and spill into tears of joy!
Not everyone could make quilts, some sent fabric, some sponsored the quilter so they could mail the quilts off, others sent 6.5" blocks for the survivor quilt!
So, in celebration, I want to show some of the quilts that have been finished!
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