QFO Gifting
At our recent AGM, our Cheryl gave a heartfelt description of her trip to Vietnam with CHANGE THE ONE. Many third-generation Vietnamese children suffer from disabilities caused from Agent Orange which was used during the Vietnam War over 50 years ago. The team spent time rebuilding and fitting out a simple dwelling for a woman and her disabled sons, and quilts were distributed to children at Hope Special School. It was a very moving experience for Cheryl and she hopes to deliver more fabric hugs in the future.
Thank you so very much Cheryl for your continued efforts for QFO and for your heart and time taken to distribute these fabric hugs on our behalf.
We have also been making some pillowcases for Heavenly Trimmings for their Christmas Blessing Bags for children with a chronic illness and their siblings.
And ... as the 'blessings' went out from QFO ... we were wonderfully blessed by the 'sweetest' of Thank You messages from the lovely folk at Heavenly Blessings ... how kind of you xx
And some more fabric hugs are heading to Monash Children’s Hospital!
And below ... another 'Thank You' note from the facility in Warragul that our Cheryl delivered fabric 'hugs' to from QFO.
And from our Vice President Libby ... below are the 'stats' so far on what QFO has achieved since its inception. Pretty jolly impressive and so very heartwarming.
Since QFO began in 2007, there have been over 5,500 quilts gifted! That’s 5,500 fabric hugs! So far, this financial year, QFO has gifted 253 quilts, and below is a list of where our 'hugs' were gifted.
Billanook College Senior Students – Thailand;
Kirkbrae Aged Care; Royal Children’s Hospital – Ward;
Life’s Little Treasures;
Change The One –Vietnam;
Fairview Village ... Warragul Aged Care;
Ukrainians resettling to Australia;
Maroondah Rotary – Refuge
Victoria and Monash Children’s Hospital – Monash Newborns).
And as we say in our Mission Statement – ‘We welcome the opportunity to change lives, one fabric hug at a time.’
And with that I will now send this Blog into cyberspace and thru the medium of technology ... onto your laptop/iPad or whatever device you choose to view it with.
Many Blessings till next Post,
Susan
Contact us via our Website : www.quiltsfororphans.org
Blogger: Susan Hamilton .....phone (03)9737 1825
email: [email protected]
Our postal address (for donations) is P.O Box 398 Monbulk Victoria 3793
And .... we are www.quiltsfororphans.org
On 'social media' aka Facebook find us at https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsForOrphans/
Check out the following Links:
http://kayleenwest.com.au .... for Art with a positive spirit
https://lifeslittletreasures.org.au
http://mellyandme.typepad.com .... creative clothing etc for children
http://mrsmartinsquiltshop.typepad.com/ ...whose customer blessed us with awesome fabric
We have also stitched for the following Childrens Homes ....
http://www.butterflych.org/.... for news about the Butterfly Palliative Care hospice in China
And their very own Blog ... which is beautifully written and contains inspirational stories on the children in their care. See the Link below:
http://butterflyhospice.blogspot.com.au/
http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4d6a59784e7a45314d6a673d0d0a&sb=1
www.freetobekids.org/- .... the rescue organisation that frees children from slavery and exploitation
www.hopefosterhome.com ... the babies we are creating crib quilts for in China ...
www.zoehopeproject.blogspot.com .... giving hope to children in Zambia.
http://english.chinaconcern.org/ ... more children in China that we have stitched for ...
http://www.lolachildrensfund.org/ .... in Ethiopia
http://www.fikelela.org.za/orphan.asp .... the Fikelala AIDS Project in Capetown
http://mifanmama.com/Shining_Star_2.html the Home for vision impaired children in Shanghai
http://www.austchamshanghai.com/about-us/csr/mifan-mama.aspx
www.jewelsofhope.org ... the project we stitch for in Lesotho Southern Africa
http://www.thebabesproject.com.au/
http://elishacare.blogspot.com.au/
http://rangescc.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/elisha-care/
The Matombo Village Project vimeo.com/217129149
http://heavenlytrimmings.com
http://www.changetheone.org which provides ongoing relief, care and assistance to people and communities in remote areas of Vietnam and Papua New Guinea.