Irena has
Adrenal Cancer and is going through some tough times. If you can reach
out to her with a card or more to bless her that would be awesome.
rena Bones-Gaston has been diagnosed with Stage 2/3 Adrenal Cancer
and is currently waiting on admission to Cancer Care Center. Since she
has been off of work with illness, she has fallen on some hard times
personally. She has discovered that she has some major repairs to make
on her home. If theses repairs are not made, she and her family can no
longer live there. Through all of this, Irena still has kept her faith
and keeps pushing on.
Her department is trying to keep Irena’s family above water while she goes
through this hard phase of her life. If anyone would like to send
cards, notes of encouragement or assist financially, please send them to
:
Kimberly Hartman
c/o York County Department of Emergency Services
120
Davies Dr.
York, PA 17402.
** If donating money, please make checks out
to Irena Bones-Gaston. Kimberly will make sure to hand deliver everything we
receive for her**
**Always ensure when sending cards, etc. that you let the families know you heard about them through Layers of Hope - Quilting 911.**
Friday, September 12, 2014
Lets Reach Out To These Unseen Heroes In Need
We are still praying for more quilts to take with us to Okanogan County in Eastern Washington in October. Please, we do NOT need infant or lap quilts at this time, but desperately need bed sized quilts such as twin, full, etc.
Please help us bless these families who lost so much and are struggling as winter and the cold approaches. As the Red Cross has probably pulled out and FEMA (if they were there at all) leaves, these families are left with trying to put their lives back together.
The one thing everyone always tells me is how much our quilts mean to them. During their dark times, they knew someone cared and these quilts brought them comfort.
Please send quilts to:
Jean Kester
18740 Ivan Street SW
Rochester, WA 98579
Be the one that makes a difference!
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The following people have already had quilts sent to them, however, they need cards of encouragement and comfort. Please take a moment to send one or all of them a card to let them know you care and make sure you put Layers of Hope - Quilting 911 in it so they know how you learned about them. **Addresses for these people follow their information, do not send cards to me just send them directly to those in need**
1- Irena has Adrenal Cancer and is going through some tough times. If you can reach out to her with a card or more to bless her that would be awesome.
rena Bones-Gaston has been diagnosed with Stage 2/3 Adrenal Cancer and is currently waiting on admission to Cancer Care Center. Since she has been off of work with illness, she has fallen on some hard times personally. She has discovered that she has some major repairs to make on her home. If theses repairs are not made, she and her family can no longer live there. Through all of this, Irena still has kept her faith and keeps pushing on.
We are trying to keep Irena’s family above water while she goes through this hard phase of her life. If anyone would like to send cards, notes of encouragement or assist financially, please send them to Kimberly Hartman c/o York County Department of Emergency Services, 120 Davies Dr, York, PA 17402. If donating money, please make checks out to Irena Bones-Gaston. I will make sure to hand deliver everything we receive here.
2-Jordan Oliveria had been sick on and off the past year and was diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 27 a few months ago.
At this time Jordan doesn't know what stage his cancer is in due to his insurance not covering his PET scan and the doctors couldn't tell on the CT if the lymph nodes were enlarged from infection or was the cancer.
His doctors are being very aggressive fighting his cancer with chemo treatment every day with a break on the weekends. He will have surgery in the next few months and hopefully get all the cancer there is. After surgery, Jordan will endure more chemo and radiation for a 6 month period.
He's working on and off at the moment, coming in when he feels up to it. All his co-workers have pitched in to make sure he has everything he needs, but more support can't hurt.
Please send any cards or form of support to:
Southaven Police Dept
ATTN: Jordan Oliveria
8691 Northwest Dr
Southaven, MS 38671
3-We recently experienced a heavy blow when one of our dispatchers, David Gonzales, was in a serious motorcycle crash while on his way to work. Our center actually took the 911 calls for his accident and then discovered when he did not arrive for his schedule shift that the accident involved him.
At Northwest Central Dispatch you will find many dedicated, caring, and helpful employees that are always ready and willing to help out the communities they dispatch for as well as each other. David Gonzales is most certainly one of these people whom his coworkers would describe as, “a great person and friend.” He is one of the people you have no problem turning to if you’re questioning a call you took or in need of assistance getting a shift covered.
Outside of work, David is also a dedicated family man to his wife and three daughters who are 17, 15, and 2 years old. He just recently took time off of work in order to improve on the home they live in. Another activity that David regular enjoys is being able to go out for rides on his 2007 Suzuki Boulevard motorcycle. He took frequent rides out with close friends from work as well as with the motorcycle group he belongs to and regularly rode his motorcycle into work.
It was on such a night, on August 27th, 2014 at approximately 10:30PM that the Gonzales family were made to face one of their biggest challenges. A driver of a Ford Expedition struck David’s motorcycle as he was turning into a restaurant parking lot to pick up an order turned in front of David and struck him. David was thrown from the motorcycle and the driver of the Ford took off. Thanks to many witnesses and a delivery driver from the restaurant, police were able to apprehend the offender within four hours. David’s family, as well as his extended family at Northwest Central Dispatch, are incredibly grateful to all the people who assisted to catch the offender. It was our very own call center that took the 911 calls for David’s accident. When David did not arrive for his scheduled shift, the pieces fell into place.
When the news of David’s accident reached his family and those at Northwest Central Dispatch, there were no other words to describe how everyone felt except complete devastation. Anyone who knows David knows what a wonderful and kind hearted person he is. To imagine that he would be the one to suffer from such an accident and have someone attempt to relieve themselves of any responsibility by leaving the scene of the accident instead of providing aid to David is beyond our comprehension. Despite feeling such a loss, everyone has come together with an immense amount of love and support for David and his family.
Currently David is still in intensive care at Lutheran General Hospital. At this time, his wife, Maria Gonzales, asks more than anything for your prayers and thoughts for David and their family. David suffers from a cracked vertebrae as well as a head injury, but we are looking forward to him hopefully making a full recovery. Gifts of a monetary value are also greatly appreciated as they anticipate many potential hardships during this recovery. We have set a goal at this time for $10,000 to cover expenses for the family traveling from their home to the hospital and to alleviate other expenses while David is out of work. Checks can be made out to David or Maria Gonzales. Please send any donations and letters to:
Northwest Central Dispatch
C/O Shasta Green
1975 E Davis St
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
**During long periods of recovery, I know his family and David would so appreciate receiving cards and letters to keep them going.**
4- would like to take a moment to introduce a Night Shift Supervisor that has selflessly given so much over the years, and is now fighting a life threating condition. Melissa “Boggs” Barker is an 8 year veteran dispatcher/supervisor with the Hamilton County Public Safety Communication Center located in Noblesville, IN. Melissa was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease during childhood, and now at the age of 28 her condition has become life threatening. Melissa’s mother owns a wrecker company that has provided services for the citizens of Hamilton County and surrounding counties as well as the communications center for several years. The towing services are often times provided free of charge due to the individuals lack of funds during hard times.
Melissa required surgery back in October 2013 to repair damage caused by her Crohn’s Disease, but after the surgery her condition worsened. Over the course of the next 10.5 months, Melissa visited her IU Health doctors on a regular basis with no affirmative determination for the drastic decline in her health. In an attempt to obtain answers, Melissa finally made the decision to visit the Mayo Clinic located in Minnesota. After meeting with the medical staff at the Mayo Clinic, Melissa learned that her condition was life threatening and she would require another complicated surgery in an attempt to repair major damage caused by the Crohn’s Disease. The doctors explained to Melissa that she will be hospitalized for approximately 2 weeks after surgery. Also, over the course of the next 6 months she will need to commute back and forth from the Mayo Clinic every 2 weeks. Melissa is currently out of sick time, and soon will be out of short-term disability. In addition to her monthly household bills, Melissa and her husband will need money to pay for hotels, fuel, food, and other expenses while visiting the Mayo Clinic for appointments. Melissa is unable to drive due to the medication she is taking; therefore her husband must accompany her on these trips. While he is away from work, he is only receiving a partial paycheck that will come to an end in the next few weeks.
Melissa struggles with this disease everyday but refuses to let on that she is suffering from the pain. She is passionate about her job and is making every effort to get back to work as soon as possible. Her co-workers are trying to organize a dinner to benefit Melissa and collecting donations to assist with her travel expenses and bills.
Melissa Barker
21563 Victory Chapel Rd
Noblesville, IN 46060
5- Megan Mcclanahan, a CHP dispatcher needs some assistance from her LE family.
A couple days ago her husband, Zee, suffered a stroke while out of town. They have 5 children, so this family depends on two incomes. Being that he was hospitalized away from home, there is the added expense of being out of town and away from work for an extended time. I've repeatedly seen Megan be selfless, sacrifice, and go without in order to help her family, children, friends, and coworkers - now she needs our help.
6-
Here at the LaPorte County RDC our hearts are heavy. I am writing you today for prayers and support. Our afternoon shift supervisor, Nikki Nixon, is going through the most difficult time of her life right now.
Early morning on Saturday August 30th, her boyfriend was fatally stabbed at a local bar. (Read article) He was the love of her life and they had been discussing marriage.
Nikki is the nicest, sweetest girl and is having a difficult time with this horrific tragedy. Any thoughts, prayers, cards, etc. that you can pass her way is very greatly appreciated. You may send cards and well wishes to:
LaPorte County RDC
809 State St.
LaPorte, IN 46350
ATTN: Nikki Nixon
**Remember, send your cards and thoughts and prayers to the addresses listed under each of these needs.** I am also setting up a post for each one individually!
Blessings to all!
Please help us bless these families who lost so much and are struggling as winter and the cold approaches. As the Red Cross has probably pulled out and FEMA (if they were there at all) leaves, these families are left with trying to put their lives back together.
The one thing everyone always tells me is how much our quilts mean to them. During their dark times, they knew someone cared and these quilts brought them comfort.
Please send quilts to:
Jean Kester
18740 Ivan Street SW
Rochester, WA 98579
Be the one that makes a difference!
*******************************************************
The following people have already had quilts sent to them, however, they need cards of encouragement and comfort. Please take a moment to send one or all of them a card to let them know you care and make sure you put Layers of Hope - Quilting 911 in it so they know how you learned about them. **Addresses for these people follow their information, do not send cards to me just send them directly to those in need**
1- Irena has Adrenal Cancer and is going through some tough times. If you can reach out to her with a card or more to bless her that would be awesome.
rena Bones-Gaston has been diagnosed with Stage 2/3 Adrenal Cancer and is currently waiting on admission to Cancer Care Center. Since she has been off of work with illness, she has fallen on some hard times personally. She has discovered that she has some major repairs to make on her home. If theses repairs are not made, she and her family can no longer live there. Through all of this, Irena still has kept her faith and keeps pushing on.
We are trying to keep Irena’s family above water while she goes through this hard phase of her life. If anyone would like to send cards, notes of encouragement or assist financially, please send them to Kimberly Hartman c/o York County Department of Emergency Services, 120 Davies Dr, York, PA 17402. If donating money, please make checks out to Irena Bones-Gaston. I will make sure to hand deliver everything we receive here.
2-Jordan Oliveria had been sick on and off the past year and was diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 27 a few months ago.
At this time Jordan doesn't know what stage his cancer is in due to his insurance not covering his PET scan and the doctors couldn't tell on the CT if the lymph nodes were enlarged from infection or was the cancer.
His doctors are being very aggressive fighting his cancer with chemo treatment every day with a break on the weekends. He will have surgery in the next few months and hopefully get all the cancer there is. After surgery, Jordan will endure more chemo and radiation for a 6 month period.
He's working on and off at the moment, coming in when he feels up to it. All his co-workers have pitched in to make sure he has everything he needs, but more support can't hurt.
Please send any cards or form of support to:
Southaven Police Dept
ATTN: Jordan Oliveria
8691 Northwest Dr
Southaven, MS 38671
3-We recently experienced a heavy blow when one of our dispatchers, David Gonzales, was in a serious motorcycle crash while on his way to work. Our center actually took the 911 calls for his accident and then discovered when he did not arrive for his schedule shift that the accident involved him.
At Northwest Central Dispatch you will find many dedicated, caring, and helpful employees that are always ready and willing to help out the communities they dispatch for as well as each other. David Gonzales is most certainly one of these people whom his coworkers would describe as, “a great person and friend.” He is one of the people you have no problem turning to if you’re questioning a call you took or in need of assistance getting a shift covered.
Outside of work, David is also a dedicated family man to his wife and three daughters who are 17, 15, and 2 years old. He just recently took time off of work in order to improve on the home they live in. Another activity that David regular enjoys is being able to go out for rides on his 2007 Suzuki Boulevard motorcycle. He took frequent rides out with close friends from work as well as with the motorcycle group he belongs to and regularly rode his motorcycle into work.
It was on such a night, on August 27th, 2014 at approximately 10:30PM that the Gonzales family were made to face one of their biggest challenges. A driver of a Ford Expedition struck David’s motorcycle as he was turning into a restaurant parking lot to pick up an order turned in front of David and struck him. David was thrown from the motorcycle and the driver of the Ford took off. Thanks to many witnesses and a delivery driver from the restaurant, police were able to apprehend the offender within four hours. David’s family, as well as his extended family at Northwest Central Dispatch, are incredibly grateful to all the people who assisted to catch the offender. It was our very own call center that took the 911 calls for David’s accident. When David did not arrive for his scheduled shift, the pieces fell into place.
When the news of David’s accident reached his family and those at Northwest Central Dispatch, there were no other words to describe how everyone felt except complete devastation. Anyone who knows David knows what a wonderful and kind hearted person he is. To imagine that he would be the one to suffer from such an accident and have someone attempt to relieve themselves of any responsibility by leaving the scene of the accident instead of providing aid to David is beyond our comprehension. Despite feeling such a loss, everyone has come together with an immense amount of love and support for David and his family.
Currently David is still in intensive care at Lutheran General Hospital. At this time, his wife, Maria Gonzales, asks more than anything for your prayers and thoughts for David and their family. David suffers from a cracked vertebrae as well as a head injury, but we are looking forward to him hopefully making a full recovery. Gifts of a monetary value are also greatly appreciated as they anticipate many potential hardships during this recovery. We have set a goal at this time for $10,000 to cover expenses for the family traveling from their home to the hospital and to alleviate other expenses while David is out of work. Checks can be made out to David or Maria Gonzales. Please send any donations and letters to:
Northwest Central Dispatch
C/O Shasta Green
1975 E Davis St
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
**During long periods of recovery, I know his family and David would so appreciate receiving cards and letters to keep them going.**
4- would like to take a moment to introduce a Night Shift Supervisor that has selflessly given so much over the years, and is now fighting a life threating condition. Melissa “Boggs” Barker is an 8 year veteran dispatcher/supervisor with the Hamilton County Public Safety Communication Center located in Noblesville, IN. Melissa was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease during childhood, and now at the age of 28 her condition has become life threatening. Melissa’s mother owns a wrecker company that has provided services for the citizens of Hamilton County and surrounding counties as well as the communications center for several years. The towing services are often times provided free of charge due to the individuals lack of funds during hard times.
Melissa required surgery back in October 2013 to repair damage caused by her Crohn’s Disease, but after the surgery her condition worsened. Over the course of the next 10.5 months, Melissa visited her IU Health doctors on a regular basis with no affirmative determination for the drastic decline in her health. In an attempt to obtain answers, Melissa finally made the decision to visit the Mayo Clinic located in Minnesota. After meeting with the medical staff at the Mayo Clinic, Melissa learned that her condition was life threatening and she would require another complicated surgery in an attempt to repair major damage caused by the Crohn’s Disease. The doctors explained to Melissa that she will be hospitalized for approximately 2 weeks after surgery. Also, over the course of the next 6 months she will need to commute back and forth from the Mayo Clinic every 2 weeks. Melissa is currently out of sick time, and soon will be out of short-term disability. In addition to her monthly household bills, Melissa and her husband will need money to pay for hotels, fuel, food, and other expenses while visiting the Mayo Clinic for appointments. Melissa is unable to drive due to the medication she is taking; therefore her husband must accompany her on these trips. While he is away from work, he is only receiving a partial paycheck that will come to an end in the next few weeks.
Melissa struggles with this disease everyday but refuses to let on that she is suffering from the pain. She is passionate about her job and is making every effort to get back to work as soon as possible. Her co-workers are trying to organize a dinner to benefit Melissa and collecting donations to assist with her travel expenses and bills.
Melissa Barker
21563 Victory Chapel Rd
Noblesville, IN 46060
5- Megan Mcclanahan, a CHP dispatcher needs some assistance from her LE family.
A couple days ago her husband, Zee, suffered a stroke while out of town. They have 5 children, so this family depends on two incomes. Being that he was hospitalized away from home, there is the added expense of being out of town and away from work for an extended time. I've repeatedly seen Megan be selfless, sacrifice, and go without in order to help her family, children, friends, and coworkers - now she needs our help.
6-
Here at the LaPorte County RDC our hearts are heavy. I am writing you today for prayers and support. Our afternoon shift supervisor, Nikki Nixon, is going through the most difficult time of her life right now.
Early morning on Saturday August 30th, her boyfriend was fatally stabbed at a local bar. (Read article) He was the love of her life and they had been discussing marriage.
Nikki is the nicest, sweetest girl and is having a difficult time with this horrific tragedy. Any thoughts, prayers, cards, etc. that you can pass her way is very greatly appreciated. You may send cards and well wishes to:
LaPorte County RDC
809 State St.
LaPorte, IN 46350
ATTN: Nikki Nixon
**Remember, send your cards and thoughts and prayers to the addresses listed under each of these needs.** I am also setting up a post for each one individually!
Blessings to all!
Friday, September 5, 2014
Hitting Close to Home
The community of 911 communications is pretty small in comparison to many other jobs in the world and it takes someone pretty dedicated and strong willed and strong nerves to do it.
The community of law enforcement is just slightly larger, but in comparison to many other jobs, it is small. Within the confines you will find many police officers and fire fighters married to 911 communications operators, it just goes with the territory sometimes.
When I retired from my career in 911 communications and moved to Washington and continued reaching out to our 'unseen heroes,' behind the radio and at times first responders, I always knew in the back of my mind, sooner or later I would be making a quilt for someone I worked with.
Little did I realize I would be making a quilt for an officer who is engaged to a 911 operator that I trained. I worked with both of these people and they are pretty special.
The one memory I have that sticks out is that while she was a trainee, I had him call in a bogus call of someone that was mentally ill to see how she could handle the situation. No! I wasn't picking on the mentally ill, I put my trainee's through many varying situations.
He calls and tells her there are people in his back yard and while she is asking the questions, he tells her they are purple and getting out of a tiny space ship. The look on her face was priceless, but she kept probing for information and he kept going and then hung up.
Without giving it a thought, she immediately followed protocol and called him back. By then, she knew it was a training exercise because he couldn't keep from laughing and I was trying hard not to.
The officer had a kidney removed that was cancerous years ago and now, his remaining kidney is failing and he can no longer work while he does home dialysis and waits for a kidney.
The quilt I have been working on for the past month or so will go to him. I felt it took so long to make because God knew this officer would have a need for it. I feel blessed to do this for such a dedicated man!
The community of law enforcement is just slightly larger, but in comparison to many other jobs, it is small. Within the confines you will find many police officers and fire fighters married to 911 communications operators, it just goes with the territory sometimes.
When I retired from my career in 911 communications and moved to Washington and continued reaching out to our 'unseen heroes,' behind the radio and at times first responders, I always knew in the back of my mind, sooner or later I would be making a quilt for someone I worked with.
Little did I realize I would be making a quilt for an officer who is engaged to a 911 operator that I trained. I worked with both of these people and they are pretty special.
The one memory I have that sticks out is that while she was a trainee, I had him call in a bogus call of someone that was mentally ill to see how she could handle the situation. No! I wasn't picking on the mentally ill, I put my trainee's through many varying situations.
He calls and tells her there are people in his back yard and while she is asking the questions, he tells her they are purple and getting out of a tiny space ship. The look on her face was priceless, but she kept probing for information and he kept going and then hung up.
Without giving it a thought, she immediately followed protocol and called him back. By then, she knew it was a training exercise because he couldn't keep from laughing and I was trying hard not to.
The officer had a kidney removed that was cancerous years ago and now, his remaining kidney is failing and he can no longer work while he does home dialysis and waits for a kidney.
The quilt I have been working on for the past month or so will go to him. I felt it took so long to make because God knew this officer would have a need for it. I feel blessed to do this for such a dedicated man!
Sunday, August 24, 2014
God's Timing, Always Perfect
I am always surprised when God shows me exactly who a quilt goes to. Why, I am surprised I do not know because it has happened over and over again since I began this ministry.
When my mom passed, I was working on a Redwork hand embroidered lap quilt, I thought it would be so neat over the back of the sofa, then I met one of her amazing Hospice nurses and found out this lovely woman was even coming by on her days off and I knew, her name was on that quilt.
I was working on a baby quilt and getting ready to sell it, when someone told me about a little baby who was very ill in the hospital and God led me to give this quilt to the baby and his family. He is thriving now!
There were the 2 identical quilts I received after the OSO landslide, identical with the exception one was blue and one was green and one came from WA and the other from CA. I had unpacked them, inventoried then and didn't give it a thought until one night I saw two young sisters who had lost their home and their parents, and I knew, God wanted these quilts to go to them.
As you know, I have struggled recently to finish a quilt for a male, my hands aren't doing as well as they used to, I can't sit as long as I used to, my quilting space is extremely hard to work on and yet, I continued working on it.
I also knew in this ministry that I do for 911 operators and first responders that sooner or later I would be making or asking for a quilt for someone from my old department. They say 'it's a small world,' however the world of 911 emergency dispatchers and law enforcement is even smaller.
Last week I was on Facebook when an old trainee/supervisor I had posted about a police officer who lost a kidney to cancer about 1`0 years ago and is now on the transplant list for another kidney and is set to start dialysis.
This officer was the one, I enjoyed taking ride alongs with, who once made me laugh so hard about a women in the lobby who wanted to report IBM Selectric typewriters were in a warehouse somewhere stealing every word she said...I had to walk away or wet my pants.
This officer was the go to officer I could count on when I had a trainee and needed to have a mentally unstable call come in for training because he could pull the entire call off without cracking his voice or laughing and he did a great job.
This officer and I used to spend the very quiet week-ends pulling warrants and doing warrant arrests and we did so quietly and easily and as a team. He has such a great sense of humor that no one got angry and many times they just said, 'you got me.'
I haven't talked to him since long before I left the department, I broke my leg and was taken out of dispatch and worked records at night. When I retired his girlfriend (one of my trainee's and later promoted to supervisor) is the one who set up a cake to say good-bye. They are still together and I haven't talked to either of them.
Yet, I feel this quilt has taken so long because God wanted it to make the trip to Goodyear and warm this officer while he endures dialysis and hopefully brings him comfort knowing God chose his quilt, I am just the delivery person!
If I get the binding done tomorrow, I will post the completed picture!
When my mom passed, I was working on a Redwork hand embroidered lap quilt, I thought it would be so neat over the back of the sofa, then I met one of her amazing Hospice nurses and found out this lovely woman was even coming by on her days off and I knew, her name was on that quilt.
I was working on a baby quilt and getting ready to sell it, when someone told me about a little baby who was very ill in the hospital and God led me to give this quilt to the baby and his family. He is thriving now!
There were the 2 identical quilts I received after the OSO landslide, identical with the exception one was blue and one was green and one came from WA and the other from CA. I had unpacked them, inventoried then and didn't give it a thought until one night I saw two young sisters who had lost their home and their parents, and I knew, God wanted these quilts to go to them.
As you know, I have struggled recently to finish a quilt for a male, my hands aren't doing as well as they used to, I can't sit as long as I used to, my quilting space is extremely hard to work on and yet, I continued working on it.
I also knew in this ministry that I do for 911 operators and first responders that sooner or later I would be making or asking for a quilt for someone from my old department. They say 'it's a small world,' however the world of 911 emergency dispatchers and law enforcement is even smaller.
Last week I was on Facebook when an old trainee/supervisor I had posted about a police officer who lost a kidney to cancer about 1`0 years ago and is now on the transplant list for another kidney and is set to start dialysis.
This officer was the one, I enjoyed taking ride alongs with, who once made me laugh so hard about a women in the lobby who wanted to report IBM Selectric typewriters were in a warehouse somewhere stealing every word she said...I had to walk away or wet my pants.
This officer was the go to officer I could count on when I had a trainee and needed to have a mentally unstable call come in for training because he could pull the entire call off without cracking his voice or laughing and he did a great job.
This officer and I used to spend the very quiet week-ends pulling warrants and doing warrant arrests and we did so quietly and easily and as a team. He has such a great sense of humor that no one got angry and many times they just said, 'you got me.'
I haven't talked to him since long before I left the department, I broke my leg and was taken out of dispatch and worked records at night. When I retired his girlfriend (one of my trainee's and later promoted to supervisor) is the one who set up a cake to say good-bye. They are still together and I haven't talked to either of them.
Yet, I feel this quilt has taken so long because God wanted it to make the trip to Goodyear and warm this officer while he endures dialysis and hopefully brings him comfort knowing God chose his quilt, I am just the delivery person!
If I get the binding done tomorrow, I will post the completed picture!
Saturday, August 23, 2014
If You Choose To Be A No-Reply...I Can't Answer Your Questions
I hope this helps all of you to mail your quilts off a bit quicker.
I have added an icon on the right side of this blog that will take you to the mailing address for your quilts.
With that said HOWEVER...I cannot respond to your questions if you chose to be a 'NO REPLY,' blogger and do NOT leave me with a way to contact you. This not only causes my heart to break, but at times it causes hard feelings because quilters feel I am ignoring them when I am not, I just cannot respond back to your questions.
If you are not aware you are a 'NO REPLY, ' blogger, please go to this link and follow the instructions to check and see: http://www.sweetsimplicityblog.com/2009/08/noreplyblogger.html.
If you are worried I will spam you, I promise I will not. You can leave your email in your question as an example:
When we were collecting quilts for Oso, I had an instance of someone being a no reply, I left them a message on the post comment they left, I answered in a separate post and on my Facebook page. What I got in return was hostility for not responding, however I had responded the only way I could.
So please, if you need the address, it is all over this blog, you can check us out on Facebook as well. However if you choose to respond anonymously with just a name and no way for me to reply back to you, I will not this waste precious time to contact you as it takes up so much time and in the end many times we are both still left frustrated!
My email is compassionatequilter@rocketmail.com
I have added an icon on the right side of this blog that will take you to the mailing address for your quilts.
With that said HOWEVER...I cannot respond to your questions if you chose to be a 'NO REPLY,' blogger and do NOT leave me with a way to contact you. This not only causes my heart to break, but at times it causes hard feelings because quilters feel I am ignoring them when I am not, I just cannot respond back to your questions.
If you are not aware you are a 'NO REPLY, ' blogger, please go to this link and follow the instructions to check and see: http://www.sweetsimplicityblog.com/2009/08/noreplyblogger.html.
If you are worried I will spam you, I promise I will not. You can leave your email in your question as an example:
- jane dot doe @yahoo dot com
- janedoe at yahoo.com
- janedoe at yahoo dot com
When we were collecting quilts for Oso, I had an instance of someone being a no reply, I left them a message on the post comment they left, I answered in a separate post and on my Facebook page. What I got in return was hostility for not responding, however I had responded the only way I could.
So please, if you need the address, it is all over this blog, you can check us out on Facebook as well. However if you choose to respond anonymously with just a name and no way for me to reply back to you, I will not this waste precious time to contact you as it takes up so much time and in the end many times we are both still left frustrated!
My email is compassionatequilter@rocketmail.com
Address For Layers of Hope
The address to send quilts to is as follows:
Layers of Hope - Quilting 911/Jean Kester
18740 Ivan Street SW
Rochester, WA 98579
If you prefer to donate money there is a donate icon on the right side of the blog. We are still diligently working on our non-profit status so any checks or money orders must be made out to me or they cannot be cashed.
Layers of Hope - Quilting 911/Jean Kester
18740 Ivan Street SW
Rochester, WA 98579
If you prefer to donate money there is a donate icon on the right side of the blog. We are still diligently working on our non-profit status so any checks or money orders must be made out to me or they cannot be cashed.
Another Thank You
I always want to share with you the thanks I receive for all you do to support this ministry. This note came into our Facebook page and is from Lisa Smith one of the hard working daily dedicated volunteers who worked the HUB when the Oso slide hit.
'I want all of the quilters to know how much you are appreciated, even more than words can express. You greatly helped with the healing process post Oso Mudslide, and you continue to help with the Carlton fire survivors. I have family in the Methow Valley. They do not have the access or facilities we were privileged to have on this side of the mountains. I can tell you that every quilt you make is very much needed and greatly appreciated. Thank you for all you do.'
Lisa has family in the Methow Valley area of Washington where some of the worst wildfires hit in our state. But how awesome she took time to tell all of you thank you!
'I want all of the quilters to know how much you are appreciated, even more than words can express. You greatly helped with the healing process post Oso Mudslide, and you continue to help with the Carlton fire survivors. I have family in the Methow Valley. They do not have the access or facilities we were privileged to have on this side of the mountains. I can tell you that every quilt you make is very much needed and greatly appreciated. Thank you for all you do.'
Lisa has family in the Methow Valley area of Washington where some of the worst wildfires hit in our state. But how awesome she took time to tell all of you thank you!
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