May is Haitian-American Heritage Month in Massachusetts, and PeaceQuilts has been invited to participate in a reception later this month at the State House.
The Second Annual Celebrity Waiters Dinner - a smashing success!
"Nurse Feelgood" and "Sr. Mary Major Minor" entertain their diners as they work for tips. It's all in good fun as they raise money for PeaceQuilts.
It was a rollicking evening of fun, food and entertainment at the Second Annual Celebrity Waiters Dinner at the Edgartown Federated Church, Edgartown, MA sponsored by the Missions Committee. Waiters worked "hard for the money" as they schlepped food and drink, entertained with songs, provided relaxing neck messages...whatever it took to earn those tips! All proceeds were donated to help PeaceQuilts continue enabling impoverished Haitians earn a living with dignity. Click here for more on this wonderful event!
Extra, Extra!!
Check out the new WIN-WIN fundraising opportunity for youth groups, churches, schools and other organizations. *(see below)
Also, click here to see other ways you can get involved and make a difference in someone's life.
A b o u t P E A C E Q U I L T S
The PeaceQuilts Project is enabling Haitian women to earn a living through meaningful, creative work - improving their lives and those of their families. The first model quilt-making cooperative, Artisanat Patchwork de Paix or PeaceQuilts Cooperative (in English), is located in Lilavois, Haiti, just outside the capital of Port-au-Prince. Here, women from the community are producing one-of-a-kind original art quilts informed by Haitian imagery. They earn a daily wage plus a portion of the sale price when their quilts sell. This project will be replicated in communities located in other parts of Haiti. Each cooperative will eventually become fully independent, owned and run by its members.
PeaceQuilts, an all-volunteer non-profit organization, is an outgrowth of the Martha's Vineyard Fish Farm for Haiti Project, helping the poor of Haiti since 1998.
Groups who want to help relieve poverty in Haiti, the poorest country in our hemisphere, can now do so WHILE raising funds for their own projects! Peacequilts has developed the WIN-WIN RAFFLE PROGRAM. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS:
Simply click on the online shop link and select a quilt in any price range from $150 up. At checkout, write "raffle kit" in the section marked "Special Instructions." We will send you the quilt along with a free raffle kit containing information on the Peacequilts Project and everything you need to easily recoup the price of the quilt, while educating your members and community on the plight of our Haitian brothers and sisters. In fact, we have found that you can EASILY double or triple your investment!
The WIN-WIN KIT contains:
250 Pre-printed raffle tickets (sold for $5 each/6 for $20 -
potentially $1250 in sales)
A CD with press release and publicity templates
Photos of Haiti, its people and the Peacequilts Project
A DVD video of Haiti and our efforts to help the poor
(coming soon)
Complete instructions
Click here to select a beautiful handmade quilt at our secure online shop! Your purchase will help Haitian women earn a living with dignity.
have arrived!
Despite the hurricanes and storms which ravaged Haiti last fall, the PeaceQuilts Cooperative managed to send a new group of beautiful handmade quilts. Each is unique, and captures the charm of Haitian culture and imagery. Check them out at our online store by clicking the link.
The New England Quilt Museum featured the PeaceQuilts Project at the Lowell Quilt Festival, August 7-10. Sixteen beautiful quilts made by students between 14 and 18 years old were on display, along with information on the project. They had a great reception, and we have been invited back next year! To see photos from the event, click here. These and other quilts made by the PeaceQuilts Cooperative are available for sale in our online shop. Simply click on Online Store to purchase one of these exquisite and unique handmade quilts.
PeaceQuilts online store is open!
For more information:
Jeanne Staples
Director
508-274-1104
Maureen Matthews McClintock
Quilting Coordinator
802-345-3109
mailto:info@haitipeacequilts.org
