{"id":3361,"date":"2009-10-19T19:16:17","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T02:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/quilt-for-a-cause\/"},"modified":"2016-06-28T17:10:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T00:10:59","slug":"quilt-for-a-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/quilt-for-a-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Quilt for a Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"
I heard the most recent CraftSanity podcast<\/a>, which included an interview with the Directors of Margaret’s Hope Chest<\/a>, a Grand Rapids Michigan nonprofit that provides quilts to people in need. Their mission is: “Our mission at Margaret\u2019s Hope Chest is to bring hope, comfort, and warmth to persons enduring hopeless situations in the Grand Rapids area through the gift of a beautifully crafted quilt.”<\/p>\n

They have committed to providing a quilt for each homeless child in Grand Rapids for Christmas, which will be given along with a toy and a book. The organization that provides support for homeless children already has the toys and books. This means that Margaret’s Hope Chest has committed to providing at least 400 quilts!<\/p>\n

They need help. I am providing some free ‘advertising’ for them, because I think their reason for being is really great. You can hear the whole story on the CraftSanity podcast, but the short version is that they created Margaret’s Hope Chest as positive way to deal with the grief over the death their mother \/ grandmother. She died of wounds inflicted when someone tried to snatch her purse.<\/p>\n

The organization needs quilts and tops to arrive by November 15<\/strong>. If you have a quilt or top you are willing to send for a homeless child ages 0-17, or you are willing to make one, please send all donated quilts to:<\/p>\n

Margaret\u2019s Hope Chest
\n630 Griswold SE
\nGrand Rapids, MI 49507<\/p>\n

For further information feel free to call or e-mail:<\/p>\n

Carin Vogelzang
\n(616) 855-2862
\nmargaretshopechest@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

One thing they pointed out is they need quilts for male teenagers as well as little girls who love pink. Think of a child for whom you would like to make a quilt and make that quilt.<\/p>\n

The quilt can be made from any pattern that involves squares.
\nI know this organization is probably not in your area, so if you want to do something, but want it to be local, send something to a local charity. They can always use a quilt or a crochet afghan or a knitted scarf.<\/p><\/div>\n

Thank you!<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"\"Calling all quilters! Margaret\u2019s Hope Chest<\/a>, a Grand Rapids-based quilt charity, needs your help to make 400 quilts to give homeless children living in shelters over the Christmas holiday.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Today my art & craft column<\/a> is about Carin Vogelzang, and her mother, Carol Peters, the women who turned a family tragedy into an inspiring cause. Carin, of Toronto, and her mother, Carol, of Grand Rapids, co-founded the quilt charity Margaret\u2019s Hope Chest in honor of Peters\u2019 mom, Margaret Herrema, who died after she was critically injured during a purse-snatching in 2005. They have given away 102 quilts since founding the charity in Margaret\u2019s name in 2007. Read the story<\/a> of how Carin and Carol are giving people hope one quilt at a time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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I heard the most recent CraftSanity podcast, which included an interview with the Directors of Margaret’s Hope Chest, a Grand Rapids Michigan nonprofit that provides quilts to people in need. Their mission is: “Our mission at Margaret\u2019s Hope Chest is to bring hope, comfort, and warmth to persons enduring hopeless situations in the Grand Rapids … Continue reading “Quilt for a Cause”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[389],"tags":[355,72,330,337],"class_list":["post-3361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-389","tag-doing-good","tag-group-project","tag-other-artists","tag-quilt-world-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}