We had already planned to deliver the angel quilt to the Cancer Resource Center this month and had really hoped Carol would be able to come, but we decided to go ahead and do it anyway, hoping it would bring Carol some comfort and joy in knowing that the project, which was her idea and that we completed in her honor, had finally come to fruition.
The delivery was scheduled for the morning of November 17, and we gathered at the Starbucks on Highway 50 for a brief business meeting before the delivery. Attending were Linda, Peggy, Margie, Randi, and Tricia.
DAR Donation
It's a long story, but Margie met Anita Parker, regent of the Battle Born Chapter of the DAR, while waiting to make a presentation to the VFW in hopes of receiving a donation to defray some of the travel expenses of the Dragonlord project. Well, due to agenda overload at the VFW, Margie was never able to make the presentation, but while they were waiting, she told Anita all about our project, and Anita offered to take Margie's presentation materials to share with her chapter in the hope of raising a donataion. Apparently Anita was successful, and she was going to attend our November meeting to make a presentation on behalf of her chapter. However, even before the meeting was canceled, Anita informed Margie she would not be able to attend the meeting. She did, however, have an envelope for Margie, which Margie handed over, unopened, to Queen Bee Randi. We all waited in suspense, sipping our chai tea and lattes, as Randi slowly opened the envelope and drew out another smaller envelope and a calendar. We oohed and ahhhed over the beautiful quilt-laden calendar, even as we wondered what was in the other envelope. Finally, Randi opened it to reveal a card and a check for $100.00 from the Battle Born Chapter of the Nevada DAR. The Battle Born Chapter was formed in 2004 and is the state's first "working chapter," which adopted a one-hour, lunchtime meeting format to accommodate the busy schedules of working women. We sincerely thank Anita and her sister members for their generosity. Randi will bring a thank-you card to our next meeting for all of us to sign.
Angel Quilt
After the DAR presentation, we left Starbucks for the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center to deliver the quilt to Ann Proffitt, and it turned out that both the current and past managers of the Cancer Center were also available to receive the quilt. (I'm sorry, but I don't have their names, and I was not able to find them online.) They were thrilled and impressed to receive such a beautiful donation, and rather than being hung inside the resource center offices, the quilt will be hung in the main lobby of the Cancer Center. They said to give them a few days, and then we can stop by to see it. (Photos forthcoming next month, hopefully.) Although the quilt was made in honor of our sister bee Carol Gardner, the Cancer Resource Center has touched, and is touching, the lives of our friends and families, so delivering the quilt was a meaningful, moving experience for every one of us. We greatly missed Carol, Dawn, and Helen and wished they could have been there to make the presentation. Peggy will print out photos and send them to Carol.
Business Meeting
After delivering the angel quilt, we met in the lobby of the Cancer Center for a brief business meeting, during which we planned the Christmas party.
Christmas Party -- Tuesday, December 13 -- Hopefully at Helen's house, but Margie volunteered her home if Helen is still with Carol. Agenda for the meeting will consist of eating, laughing, Show and Tell, and the gift exchange, but no business meeting.
Menu -- A Soup and Salad Holiday
- Linda: Hot buttered cider and gingerbread
- Margie: Oatmeal biscuits
- Peggy: Salad
- Randi: Hamburger soup
- Tricia: Baked potato soup
- Dawn: Choice of salad or dessert
- Helen: NOTHING
We will do our usual gift exchange. Please bring a $10 wrapped gift. We will draw numbers and do a round-robin gift selection with each person either choosing a wrapped gift or "stealing" from another person. Gifts may change hands twice, meaning that once it has been taken a second time, that person gets to keep it. The gift may not be taken back immediately by the person from whom it was taken. Traditionally, gifts are somewhat related to quilting or sewing.
We also discussed the donation basket we need to provide as chapter members of the Nevada Quilt Guide. This year's theme will be a Spa Basket. We will take on that project in more detail next year. Members spent quite a bit of money on last year's basket, so Tricia suggested that we use our dues to pay for our annual chapter membership and for the basket because these are recurring expenses we know will come up every year. To be discussed more thoroughly later.
Show and Tell
After our business meeting, we adjourned to have lunch together, along with Linda's husband, at Mi Casa Too. Due to the nature of the November meeting, most of us were not prepared with Show and Tell. However, Margie was carrying hers, a beautiful purse she made from fabrics collected during the Shop Hop. Margie used the same pattern Randi started at the purse workshop, and seeing how well Margie's purse turned out inspired Randi to complete hers. Can we expect to see it at the January meeting?
January 2012 Meeting
Be prepared to discuss old and new goals. We will also begin brainstorming ideas for a donation quilt project and a "club" project we can all participate in. It was fun in years past to "reveal" our work to each other at the Christmas party. Do we want to continue that tradition?
