#124434
January 12th, 2005 at 03:46 AM
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I was thinking the same thing as Cindy (scared me) I know that not all Wally Worlds carry the same thing and YOU need to get what you want to work with..so I'm sending cash also. You're a good girl Jenn! What's Peanut doing up tis time of the night? I am such a night owl and he KNOWS if he wakes up and I am awake I WILL go get him and rock him (it's the sweetest time)so if he hears me up during the night...he let's me know! What cha gonna do??? 
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#124435
January 12th, 2005 at 03:54 AM
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Official Problem Child
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Joined: Mar 2004
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I was thinking the same thing as Cindy (scared me) Hey...imagine how I feel! I think the same thing as Cindy ALL THE TIME!  
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#124436
January 12th, 2005 at 06:37 AM
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Cindy's Cuz
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Cindy's Cuz
Joined: Nov 2004
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Jenn, This is such a wonderful idea (and you sound like a wonderful person).  All of these ideas are great. My support will definitely be there for you. (I'll send $ and p.m. names) I love the tracking the quilt idea and raffling it off (or raising money in any way)by each winner/owner of the quilt. It could be never-ending fund-raising for breast cancer awareness.  She has made more quilts than anyone I know and just got diagnosed with cancer (stomach, etc.). Les
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#124437
January 12th, 2005 at 06:39 AM
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Wild Woman
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Wild Woman
Joined: Apr 2004
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#124438
January 12th, 2005 at 06:40 AM
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Official Problem Child
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Joined: Mar 2004
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#124439
January 12th, 2005 at 06:42 AM
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Official Problem Child
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Joined: Mar 2004
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Cindy...you make my day...you are such a HOOT! Or as my sis would say...a hoot & 1/2!
Hey...I make my own day, too! (You should see me.....I 'm here by myself all the time, and I crack myself up!) Thanks!
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#124440
January 12th, 2005 at 06:48 AM
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Wild Woman
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Wild Woman
Joined: Apr 2004
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I was just talking to the hubby about this and he was thinking (he has a lot of time to think) (and doesn't think like Cindy!) that it would be better if we sent you a Wal-Mart gift card so you wouldn't have to deal with out of state check hassels...so that's what we're a doin! 
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#124441
January 12th, 2005 at 06:50 AM
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Cindy's Cuz
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Cindy's Cuz
Joined: Nov 2004
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The funny thing is.... she's telling the truth! 
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#124442
January 12th, 2005 at 06:53 AM
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Cindy's Cuz
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Cindy's Cuz
Joined: Nov 2004
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That's a good idea, too. Cool.
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#124443
January 12th, 2005 at 06:58 AM
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Official Problem Child
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Joined: Mar 2004
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Yeah, Vanessa...that IS a good idea! Glad I thought of that! 
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#124444
January 12th, 2005 at 07:18 AM
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Wild Woman
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Wild Woman
Joined: Apr 2004
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there is only room in this house for one of us to be thinkin like you! How did I GET that job?????
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#124445
January 12th, 2005 at 05:37 PM
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I've already started thinking about the next quilt. The ribbon is going to be lavendar...the color for cancer awarness in general. That quilt will be open to names of people who have had all types of cancers. Since each specific type of cancer has it's own awareness color (ovarian=green, prostate=blue, etc), I will make the log cabin blocks consist of all of those colors. So, the quilt will be multi-colored all around the single large lavendar ribbon. Thanks again to those who are donating, I really appreciate it. I am trying to figure out a way that I can get the person who wins it to raffle it off and so on. My MIL, who thinks like Cindy ALL the time!! , thought that having a continuous raffle for the quilt was an awesome idea. I've emailed JoAnn Fabrics and asked if they would donate to the quilt. I am waiting for them to answer. I couldn't find an email for Wal-mart tho. So, I'm hoping that I can find the manager of my Super Wal-mart while I'm there today. I'll keep you all posted. Oh...Cricket~ I can't remember if I ever answered your question. This quilt will just be for breast cancer, BUT, make sure you PM me your names when I start the next quilt, ok?
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#124446
January 12th, 2005 at 05:46 PM
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Compost Queen!
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Compost Queen!
Joined: Apr 2003
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Jenn,
This is just a thought off the cuff, but
why don't you email like the head foundation
of Breast Cancer Awareness and tell them of your
you're going to do, and I'll bet you'd not only get help from them, but may give them a national idea as well....
Just an idea but one that sounds like it would fly with some help!!!
Weezie
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#124447
January 12th, 2005 at 06:52 PM
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Great idea! I'm sure that the American Cancer Society is the head of that...but I will have to look into it. I know where the Breast Cancer website is, so I will look there. What do you think I should ask them for??...like, how do I word it?
After I make the quilt, I'm going to write to the newspaper and to the news stations and to the local radio stations to see if they will do a story on the quilt to get people to buy raffle tickets.
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#124448
January 12th, 2005 at 07:32 PM
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Compost Queen!
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Exactly, On the news paper and tv...
And I bet that the Breast Cancer Society could almost *maybe* start a NATIONAL thing to for a fund raiser idea for alot of other quilters too!!!
or at least try it on a local level and see how
it goes???
You never know!!
But I think it's a neat idea!
Weezie
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#124449
January 13th, 2005 at 12:03 AM
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I wrote to the person in charge of the local ACS things and also to ACS directly. Here is what I told them. Hello,
I am wondering if there is anyway that you or the ACS can help me. I live in Berks County, but participate in the Relay for Life in Sullivan County with my mother in law. As a fund raiser for our team, the Pink Flamingos, I have designed a quilt and will be raffling it off. I have attached a picture of the quilt to this email. The quilt will be 90” square and will have a large pink ribbon in the middle with large “log cabin” blocks around it. In each “log” of the log cabin blocks, I plan to quilt the name of a someone lost to breast cancer, some who currently has breast cancer, or a breast cancer survivor. I will need over 950 names (first and last names, first names, or just initials) for the quilt. I am wondering if there is any way that you can help me spread the word about my quilt. I don’t really know how to go about doing that.
Some friends of mine have also come up with a great idea for the quilt. We thought it would be really cool if the person who wins the quilt does their own raffle for the quilt and the next winner do the same, and so on. This way, the quilt could generate more money. So far, I have gotten offers from all over the nation to buy tickets for the quilt, but I do not know how I could keep track of where the quilt would travel or how much money the quilt would raise. Is it possible that the ACS would like to adopt the idea as a perpetual fund raiser??
Thank you for whatever help you can offer.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Vermeire
Hopefully I will hear from him soon. I've also sent out an email to my friends asking for names. So, that's where I'm at right now.
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#124450
January 13th, 2005 at 12:13 AM
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Compost Queen!
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Compost Queen!
Joined: Apr 2003
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Perfect... I think that's exactly what you needed to ask and know!!! Can't wait to hear  about it!!! Weezie
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#124451
January 13th, 2005 at 03:35 AM
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I got an email from Joann Fabrics. They gave me an address that I'm supposed to write to and ask for the donation. So, I wrote up a letter to the lady, explained to her what the quilt is for, and sent a copy of the quilt design. I also gave her the chance to give me names for the quilt.  ...and asked her to pass the information to anyone she knows.
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#124452
January 13th, 2005 at 04:19 AM
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Wild Woman
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Wild Woman
Joined: Apr 2004
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Well, I am excited about the "general" quilt! I lost my entire family..both sets of grandparents, parents, aunts & Uncles to various kinds of cancer in a 5 year period...it was/is HORRIBLE! My sister & her 2 children and my son are all that is left from a really large family. So I can fill half that quilt with names! We use to have large family reunions and holiday dinners and I miss that so much! You just never know! 
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#124453
January 13th, 2005 at 05:15 AM
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Well, then I think I start taking names for the "all cancers" quilt right now also (as long as we don't forget about the breast cancer quilt...that is what I will work on first). I re-counted and I need a total of 905 for the breast cancer quilt. ...of course, I might have counted wrong again. Anyone else want to try? PM me with your email address and I'll send you a larger copy of the quilt.
For names for the all cancers quilt, I will need the names...or initials... along with what kind of cancer it was. I, also, have names for that quilt. I found out that my aunt had breast cancer. I didn't know that. She died from lung cancer, but had a mastectomy about 20 years ago.
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#124454
January 14th, 2005 at 04:04 AM
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Official Problem Child
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Joined: Mar 2004
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I get reminded of a website everyday to click on to fund free mammograms. Each click is a mammogram.
Les...Why don't you post a link to it here? Cindy
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#124455
January 14th, 2005 at 04:18 AM
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**Update**
Lastnight before I went to bed, I sent a mass email out to just about everyone in my online contacts. I explained to them the quilt and everything. This morning I didn't have anything in my mail, but when I got home from work tonight, I had like 12 emails, almost all of them with a name of two. Some of my friends have forwarded the email to their contact list and some of their friends have forwarded the quilt and information yet again! So, now I'm really excited! I'm going to write to the local newspaper and ask them to print up a story about the quilt and to put contact information for me in the story so that people around here can give me names. I'm also going to write to a couple of local news networks.
I'm now up to 36 names on the list. ...5 for the "general cancers" quilt.
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#124456
January 14th, 2005 at 04:40 AM
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Cindy's Cuz
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Cindy's Cuz
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Jenn, That was a well-written letter to ACS. I work for the dept. for public health system so I will get the letter around to some of my coworkers if you'd like. Here is the link that has been going around to fund mammograms. There may even be someone to contact on this site. click to fund a free mammogram
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#124457
January 14th, 2005 at 04:45 AM
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Cindy's Cuz
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Cindy's Cuz
Joined: Nov 2004
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Well, obviously I didn't do something right...
Well you can go to "thebreastcancersite.com".
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#124458
January 14th, 2005 at 04:47 AM
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Compost Queen!
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Is that the right place Leslie???
Let me know and make sure it's the right one.
Weezie
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