Victoria鈥檚 Quilts organizers 鈥榦verwhelmed鈥� with support
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- Published on Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Photo by Diane Ruzycki. The lunch was prepared by volunteers (from left): Daphne Hall, Judith Martin, Arlene Waddell, Diane Nordstrom, Chris Waddell and Ann Nielsen.
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
In total, the Victoria鈥檚 Quilts Canada St. Patrick鈥檚 Day fundraiser served lunch to 170 people, although Daphne Hall, one of the organizers, said that many others bought tickets in order to support the organization. Hall said of the turn out, 鈥淚t was wonderful, we had so much support, we were overwhelmed... I can鈥檛 believe the support from the community.鈥�
The money raised will help fund the program, which provides hand made quilts to those who have been diagnosed with cancer. Hall explained, 鈥淵ou feel so helpless when someone is diagnosed, [through the quilts], we can reach out and help them.鈥� In 2015, the Neepawa chapter distributed 81 quilts across 水果视频 and 2016 is looking to be an even bigger year. Hall said that to date, they have had 25 requests for quilts.
Hall said they didn鈥檛 want to just ask for money, but wanted to raise it through an event. She added that the success of the event wouldn鈥檛 have been possible without the 鈥渙verwhelming support of the community鈥�.
