When Insomnia Strikes - Charity Wins

I wanted to try out EBay's Giving Works before the other items went up.   I also have student loans to pay off.   Besides selling my legal services, I also sell quilts.   Yeah, I mostly quilt for charity, but I have to pay those loans somehow (and finance my fabric addiction).   To that end, I made a listing on EBay where 25% of the proceeds go to Polaris Project.   Every listing I do on EBay will be from 25% to 100% to charity.   This way I help the charities (and there are so very many) and help myself.   I hope you will help by spreading the word.   After all, the higher the bidding, the more the charity gets.

Here is the item for Polaris Project.

Again, if this goes wel, there will be more.   As always, you can help out by donating to the charities to the right.   The quilts made from the quilt blocks will ALWAYS go to charity.   I won't benefit at all.


P.S. the next post will actually be about my pro bono work, I promise.  Now to get some sleep.

Another Charity Quilt

I finished the Breast Cancer Quilt Top.   I just have to make the sandwich and quilt it.   Then it goes up on EBay Giving Works.   I had a lot of long strip pieces left over when I finished.   They were various lengths but all the same width.   It seemed a shame to stick them in the scrap bag for "someday."   Since it was a long holiday weekend and I had time, I decided to do a race quilt with the pieces left over.  Here is the result:

This one is going up on EBay Giving Works too when done.   I want to put it for some prenatal or baby charity since it is more baby quilt size.   Anyone got any suggestions?   Put them in the comments below.   The only requirements is they must already be a listed charity on EBay Giving Works and most of the money the charity raises has to go to programs not administrative works.  Other than that, I am open minded.  If someone has already mentioned a charity that you like, go ahead and mention it again.   If enough people bring up the same organization, I will be more likely to consider that one.

Send a Message to Boku Haram

I'm sure you have all heard the news about the 300 girls who were kidnapped by Boku Haram.   They were taken from their school.   They have been forced to convert to Islam, marry members of Boku Haram and be housewives.   You see, that is all Boku Haram believes women should do.   They are against girls being educated.

Quilting has a long history of sending messages through quilts.   There is the legend of the Underground Railroad quilts (not substantiated but lets not ruin a good story).   The AIDS quilt to remember those lost to the disease and to show how prevalent it is.   Many others that I can't think of right now.  

Let's do the same.   Let's send a message to Boku Haram.   Let's say SCREW YOU (this is a family blog) Boku Haram.   We believe in girls' education.  

For the next 30 days, ANY amount donated to Mercy Corps or Room to Read will merit a block.  The finished quilt(s) will then be auctioned off on Ebay to raise more money for girls' education.   More blocks = more quilts = more money.

Both Room to Read and Mercy Corps have programs focusing on educating girls.   For the month of May, Mercy Corps will match all donations.  

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