THANK YOU to everyone who supported the CQP by dining at Applebee's on Feb 2, 2012. The result was a donation of $1,182.
On February 2, 2012, APPLEBEE'S restaurants owned by Wisconsin Hospitality Group held a Dine to Donate event to support the Camo Quilt Project. Applebee's donated 15% of the total of the Guest Check for all who brought in a Dine to Donate/Camo Quilt Project flyer. The Sheboygan WI location was "bursting at the seams" with CQP supporters and volunteers from all over Wisconsin reported seeing CQP supporters dining at Applebee's that day. THANK YOU!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
CQP on NBC Nightly News Website
NBC News has advised us that they will NOT be airing the segment on the Camo Quilt Project. They have, however, posted the report on their website and have released the report to their affiliates. You can view the report at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/. You will need to go to "Latest Programs" and scroll down until you find the report about our project. Linda Wieck, founder and designed of the quilt, has received MANY calls and emails from all across the U.S. letting her know they have seen the report on their local station.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
CQP - Award Winning!
The Camo Quilt Project has received the Make A Difference Day award. Created by USA WEEKEND Magazine, Make A Difference Day is an annual event that takes place on the fourth Saturday of every October. Thanks to Connie Nelson, a volunteer from the Milwaukee Area CQP, we registered to be part of this great event. CQP volunteers working in 4 states completed about 130 quilts on October 23, 2010. We also registered to be considered for a $10,000 Make A Difference Day Award from Newman's Own---and WE WON! The award is given to 10 projects who participate in MADD.
This award comes at just the perfect time---when we have been very short on funds. Lately the CQP has had to delay purchasing batting until enough donations came in. $10,000 sounds like a lot of money (and it is!) but each month the project needs about $10,000-$12,000 to purchase the fabric, batting and other supplies needed to make the quilts.
Winning this award is a great honor for the CQP volunteers. We ARE making a difference in the lives of our military. Even though we cannot give a quilt to everyone in the armed services (we only give them to those deployed in the Middle East), our military personnel will hear about the project and know we care. That is what we are about---WE CARE and SUPPORT our military. God bless you all.
This award comes at just the perfect time---when we have been very short on funds. Lately the CQP has had to delay purchasing batting until enough donations came in. $10,000 sounds like a lot of money (and it is!) but each month the project needs about $10,000-$12,000 to purchase the fabric, batting and other supplies needed to make the quilts.
Winning this award is a great honor for the CQP volunteers. We ARE making a difference in the lives of our military. Even though we cannot give a quilt to everyone in the armed services (we only give them to those deployed in the Middle East), our military personnel will hear about the project and know we care. That is what we are about---WE CARE and SUPPORT our military. God bless you all.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
A New Year Begins.
Happy New Year to all the volunteers, supporters and friends of the CQP. It was an amazing 2010 with an average of 458 quilts made each month--that is a LOT of volunteer hours and it took a LOT of donations to purchase the materials needed to make the quilts. THANK YOU for your ongoing support of the project.
The CQP wishes all our military friends a happy and safe New Year!
The CQP wishes all our military friends a happy and safe New Year!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Fundraising Event a Success!
Our first fund raising event, a Chicken and Tips Dinner, sponsored by Laack's Hall in Johnsonville was a big success. Over 500 were served! The proceeds from the dinner and raffles was $4,200. Numbers from from the NO DINNER tickets are not yet available. We are VERY pleased with the results and the profits came at just the right time. Our fabric supplier just informed us he has 2,000 yards of the army waterproof fabric and this fabric was being discontinued. Having the proceeds in hand enabled us to purchase all 2,000 yards. This sounds like a LOT of fabric---and it is, but with making over 500 quilts a month this is just a 2 month supply.
For those of you who are out of town, and even out of state you can still be part of this fund raiser by purchasing a NO DINNER ticket. Simply purchase your NO DINNER ticket by sending a contribution for the Camo Quilt Project. Indicate it is for a NO DINNER ticket. See the side bar for information on how to make a contribution.
THANK YOU to all those who donated prizes for the raffle, helped at the dinner and supported the CQP by attending this great event. Without all of your support and work the dinner would not have happened. A special thank you to Carl Laack and his staff for sponsoring this event.
Our first fund raising event, a Chicken and Tips Dinner, sponsored by Laack's Hall in Johnsonville was a big success. Over 500 were served! The proceeds from the dinner and raffles was $4,200. Numbers from from the NO DINNER tickets are not yet available. We are VERY pleased with the results and the profits came at just the right time. Our fabric supplier just informed us he has 2,000 yards of the army waterproof fabric and this fabric was being discontinued. Having the proceeds in hand enabled us to purchase all 2,000 yards. This sounds like a LOT of fabric---and it is, but with making over 500 quilts a month this is just a 2 month supply.
For those of you who are out of town, and even out of state you can still be part of this fund raiser by purchasing a NO DINNER ticket. Simply purchase your NO DINNER ticket by sending a contribution for the Camo Quilt Project. Indicate it is for a NO DINNER ticket. See the side bar for information on how to make a contribution.
THANK YOU to all those who donated prizes for the raffle, helped at the dinner and supported the CQP by attending this great event. Without all of your support and work the dinner would not have happened. A special thank you to Carl Laack and his staff for sponsoring this event.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Shout Out to M.A.S Industries
Thank you to M.A.S. Industries in Plymouth WI for their donation to the Camo Quilt Project making it possible for us to get a 3' x 5' Banner of our logo. The banner will be attached to our building (until the time we have an actual sign) and it will be used at CQP functions such as the Chicken and Tips fundraising dinner and in parades. Besides the banner, we also were able to get 15 signs that show our logo and WORKSHOP TODAY. These will be used at the various off-site workshops that are held. Having the banner and signs will make it so much easier for volunteers to find us. Please take time to click on the M.A.S. logo and send a note of thanks to them.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Special Request for 7 Replacement Quilts
(UPDATE: The replacement quilts have been completed and sent to this unit)
The CQP made 14 quilts for the 911th FST that deployed to Iraq in May. On 10/08/201 we received the following email:
"Dear Linda, You are the wonderful organization who supplied quilts for our 14 member unit that deployed to Iraq in May. We have cherished them and all use them. Unfortunately, seven of our members lost all of their personal belongings when their sleep tent was hit by enemy mortar fire about a month ago....inclusive of the quilts you all hand made them. They are saddened by the loss of these quilts. I am wondering, Linda, if you could make these quilts for these seven members again and ship them to them. I know it is alot to ask and you have been so generous to us. But it would mean so much to these people to boost their morale and give them back some very good memories. I have a list of the names and their address of the base they are stationed at. They are in a very very remote austere environment and would truly appreciate that touch from home."
It saddens us that these 7 soldiers have suffered such a loss, but we are thankful that they were able to reach safety and were not injured. Although we have over 1000 quilts on order, we want to do what we can to make new quilts for these 7 soldiers and to get them sent to Iraq ASAP. Cost to make them would be about $140 and it would cost another $25-$50 to send them to Iraq. There are already several volunteers who have said they would work extra hours to help make the quilts. If you would like to help cover the cost of these quilts please let us know.
The CQP made 14 quilts for the 911th FST that deployed to Iraq in May. On 10/08/201 we received the following email:
"Dear Linda, You are the wonderful organization who supplied quilts for our 14 member unit that deployed to Iraq in May. We have cherished them and all use them. Unfortunately, seven of our members lost all of their personal belongings when their sleep tent was hit by enemy mortar fire about a month ago....inclusive of the quilts you all hand made them. They are saddened by the loss of these quilts. I am wondering, Linda, if you could make these quilts for these seven members again and ship them to them. I know it is alot to ask and you have been so generous to us. But it would mean so much to these people to boost their morale and give them back some very good memories. I have a list of the names and their address of the base they are stationed at. They are in a very very remote austere environment and would truly appreciate that touch from home."
It saddens us that these 7 soldiers have suffered such a loss, but we are thankful that they were able to reach safety and were not injured. Although we have over 1000 quilts on order, we want to do what we can to make new quilts for these 7 soldiers and to get them sent to Iraq ASAP. Cost to make them would be about $140 and it would cost another $25-$50 to send them to Iraq. There are already several volunteers who have said they would work extra hours to help make the quilts. If you would like to help cover the cost of these quilts please let us know.
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