On March 1st, 2023, our Guild held of a yard sale of the Dottie Macomber’s quilting treasures. Her husband donated her stash to the guild when Dottie died. Dottie was a longtime member of the guild and held various offices while a member.
About 50 members of the guild participated in the yard sale.
The Ride of a Women charity sent two videos to thank the supportive members of our guild for their contributions to the charity. The guild received a special shout out in the first video. They said “Thank you Hammersmith Quilters Guild.” The money raised from our guild and matching donations will be used to buy goats and put solar panels on homes.
On January 5, 2023, Ann Lauer spoke to our guild about Ride 4 a Woman, a charity she supports. She came across this organization on a gorilla safari in Uganda in 2001. When she saw the condition of the tools used by the quilters, she knew she could do something about it. The picture on the left above shows the condition of the cutting mats the women were using. The picture on the right shows the cutting mats she was able to provide to the charity.
Ms. Lauer showed a film done about their work. The URL is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xURsGyHL320. To learn more, go to her web site at https://grizzlygulchgallery.com/. Click on the African Quilters tab. There is also a gofundme link on that site where Ms. Lauer collects donations to support them. All proceeds go to the charity with Ms. Lauer absorbing all the administrative costs. She donated her speaker’s fee to the charity and Nancy Sandreuter’s company matched the fee to double the impact.
