Daddy's Dreams and Personal Care Donations Collection for Tornado Survivors

Please join me tomorrow

Saturday, 04/30/2011

9 am to 4 pm

Pleasant Grove UMC - LaGrange, GA

We will be working on:

Quilts for cancer patients

Packaging cards for distribution to cancer patients and families

- and -

Collecting personal care items for donation to the

survivors of the devastating tornado outbreak Wednesday.

Items Needed For Daddy's Dreams:

Volunteers

100% cotton fabrics

100% cotton flannel fabric (print and/or solids)

Personal Care Items Needed

for Tornado Survivors:

Soaps/Body Wash

Shampoo/Conditioner

(Check your stash of free hotel leftovers!)

Toothpaste/Toothbrushes

Deoderant

Feminine Products

Shaving Cream/Disposable Razors

Wash Cloths

Work Gloves

Sunscreen/Bug Repellant Spray

Chewing Gum

Bottled Water

I have 4 young ladies coming for a sleepover Saturday night

who will help me package the donated items for easy distribution.

Have a Blessed Day!!

Katie Burke

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Pine Mountain / LaGrange, Georgia

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Daddy's Dreams Volunteer Session TOMORROW! Please Come Help Me DREAM MORE!!

Hi!  I just wanted to send a quick note letting everyone know that we will be having a Daddy's Dreams Volunteer Session tomorrow, Saturday, 01/22/2011, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Pleasant Grove UMC.  Please bring a snack to share if you wish to, a happy heart, and a smiling face! 

We are in particular need of donations of 100% cotton flannel material (solids OR prints - doesn't matter), as well as Big Shot cutting pad replacements and, OF COURSE, VOLUNTEERS!! 

This volunteer session is in keeping with my 2011 Goal to DREAM MORE.  Please bless us with your presence or your resources so that we may continue to bless others! 

HUGS AND MANY THANKS!! 







Katie Burke

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IMPORTANT DADDY'S DREAMS ANNOUNCEMENT!

CHANGE OF PLANS FOR THE VOLUNTEER SESSION ON 12/18/2010!!

Due to some health issues in my family, as well as this being the last Saturday before Christmas, I have decided to change our volunteer session to free up volunteers so that they may spend time with their families during this Christmas season. 

Please see details below!

DADDY'S DREAMS VOLUNTEER SESSION

12/18/2010

12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.

Please stop by and pick up a project to take home and complete

We will have another volunteer session in January 2011 where you can return your project and work on additional projects the day of the January Volunteer Session. 

This will mean we should have a huge amount of "Works of Heart" to donate to cancer patients in January!!

Thank you for all that you have done to make Daddy's Dreams a success in 2010... and most of all, thank you for blessing Daddy's Dreams so that we may bless others!

P.S.  Please note that my laptop has been out of service for a while now, which is where my photos are stored for the Daddy's Dreams sessions.  I have a new power cord (very happy that is all that was wrong!) now, so please be looking for updates on donations, as well as photos of our volunteer sessions to be posted soon.

Katie Burke

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Pine Mountain / LaGrange, Georgia

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Reminder: Daddy's Dreams October Volunteer Session TOMORROW, 10/09/2010!!

SEWING MACHINE AND BIG SHOT OWNERS, WE NEED YOU DESPERATELY!!!

Bring a non-crafting buddy to help as well! Lots of non-sewing tasks available!

NOTE: LONG DISTANCE VOLUNTEERS ALSO APPRECIATED!!

If you own a Big Shot and a Scallop Square Die and/or Flower Folds Die, we welcome you to cut cotton and/or flannel fabrics and send them in for us to assemble into "works of heart."

Send to: Daddy's Dreams c/o Katie Burke @ PO Box 1151; Pine Mountain, GA 31822-1151.

Please join us on Saturday, 10/09/2010

9 am to 5 pm

Pleasant Grove UMC 

for our October Daddy's Dreams Volunteer Session! 
Bring a snack to share and a happy heart!

During session, we will be sewing pre-cut scallop squares into "rag" quilts, as well as assembling flowers for hats to be donated to women/girls suffering hair loss as a result of chemotherapy. We need lots of volunteers to bring their own sewing machines to sew these squares together (simple straight s...titch is all that is required!!) and found that it is best to work in pairs with an additional (non-sewing) person snipping threads and stacking squares as we go along.

We stilll have fabric to cut into 5" strips, as well as run through the Big shot, so any individuals who wish to help with that are also welcome! The more we cut and sew, the more people will benefit from our creations!

All completed "works of heart" will be blessed during the regular church service at Pleasant Grove UMC at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, 10/10/2010. Everyone is invited to attend and share in blessing these items and those who will receive them.

Click on the Daddy's Dreams tab at www.bellabdesigns.com for more information on what items to bring (current needs list) with you, photos, stories of recipients, as well as other ways to help with this ongoing project!  Hope to see you Saturday! 

Katie Burke

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Pine Mountain / LaGrange, Georgia

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Daddy's Dreams Sewing Session + Fabric Cutting Help Needed! Plus Long Distance Volunteer Info!

SEWING MACHINE AND BIG SHOT OWNERS, WE NEED YOU DESPERATELY!!!

Bring a non-crafting buddy to help as well! Lots of non-sewing tasks available!

NOTE: LONG DISTANCE VOLUNTEERS ALSO APPRECIATED!!

If you own a Big Shot and a Scallop Square Die and/or Flower Folds Die, we welcome you to cut cotton and/or flannel fabrics and send them in for us to assemble into "works of heart."

Send to: Daddy's Dreams c/o Katie Burke @ PO Box 1151; Pine Mountain, GA 31822-1151.

Please join us on Saturday, 10/09/2010

9 am to 5 pm

Pleasant Grove UMC 

for our October Daddy's Dreams Volunteer Session! 
Bring a snack to share and a happy heart!

During event, we will be sewing pre-cut scallop squares into "rag" quilts, as well as assembling flowers for hats to be donated to women/girls suffering hair loss as a result of chemotherapy. We need lots of volunteers to bring their own sewing machines to sew these squares together (simple straight s...titch is all that is required!!) and found that it is best to work in pairs with an additional (non-sewing) person snipping threads and stacking squares as we go along.

We stilll have fabric to cut into 5" strips, as well as run through the Big shot, so any individuals who wish to help with that are also welcome! The more we cut and sew, the more people will benefit from our creations!

All completed "works of heart" will be blessed during the regular church service at Pleasant Grove UMC at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, 10/10/2010. Everyone is invited to attend and share in blessing these items and those who will receive them.

Click on the Daddy's Dreams tab at www.bellabdesigns.com for more information, photos, and current needs list, as well as other ways to help with this ongoing project!  Hope to see you Saturday! 

 

Katie Burke

Stampin' Up!® Independent Demonstrator

Pine Mountain / LaGrange, Georgia

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Daddy's Dreams - Pay It Forward

What a blessing Daddy's Dreams has been!  That which I have received, far outweighs anything I have given on this project.  Just when I thought my heart couldn't possibly be more full, the goodness of people continues to humble me!

Pay It Forward #1: 

A few days prior to the September Daddy's Dreams Fabric Cutting Session, I received an unexpected box in the mail from Danny H. and his wife Karin: 

They live hundreds of miles away, so, as much as they want to, they can't participate in person with any Daddy's Dreams activities.  Instead, they printed a copy of the Needs List and went shopping in a foreign land (aka the sewing department).  They sent some much needed items for use at our September Daddy's Dreams session.  They also provided 2 of the Scallop Square Dies that we use to cut the quilt squares.  THANK YOU!!!  We have special plans for this fabric and the notions were much needed! 

Pay It Forward #2: 

I was thrilled to find out that Samantha M. and her mother, Kelly, would be able to join us for the September Daddy's Dreams session.  It was amazing to meet Samantha in person and, even more amazing that she was able to come just a day after completing her last round of chemo! 

Samantha cranked out hundreds of quilt squares using the Big Shot and the Scallop Square Die while her mom layered the fabrics for her.

Bless her heart!  Did I mention that she cranked out hundreds of quilt squares?

Samantha brought along her Daddy's Dreams quilt and I was pleased to see that she very genuinely loves it.  Samantha and Kelly plan on coming back next month to help again, where they will try their hand at sewing!

As always, the Daddy's Dreams project would not be possible without the generous donations and volunteers who spend countless hours making "works of heart."  Thank you to everyone who has had a part in making Daddy's Dreams a reality! 

Katie Burke
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Pine Mountain / LaGrange, Georgia
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REMINDER - Daddy's Dreams September 2010 Fabric Cutting Session THIS WEEKEND!

Join us as we cut fabrics into 5" strips so that they may then be run through the Big Shot to create scallop squares and flower fabric die cuts to be used to make Daddy's Dreams "Works of Heart" quilts and adorned hats.

SUPER EASY FOR ANY SKILL LEVEL -

EVEN IF YOU DON'T SEW OR CRAFT!!

The more fabric we cut during this session, the more quilts and hats we will be able to complete at the next session in October

- and the more individuals will benefit!

TIME:
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Come and go as you are able throughout the day!

DATE:
Saturday, 09/25/2010

LOCATION:
Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church (www.pgumc.net)
170 Pleasant Grove Church Road
(formerly 3704 Hamilton Road)
LaGrange, GA 30241

Please bring your favorite snack to share and a happy heart!

Please CLICK HERE to view our current needs list and see if there are ways that you can help, whether you live near or far!

Thanks so much for helping make Daddy's Dreams a success!!

Have a blessed day!









Katie Burke
Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator
Pine Mountain / LaGrange, Georgia
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Daddy's Dreams Sessions Announced! Upcoming Volunteer Opportunites!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

When: 09/25/2010 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
What: Daddy's Dreams Fabric Cutting Session
Where: Quilting Room at Pleasant Grove UMC

Details:  We will be cutting fabrics into 5" strips and then running through the Big Shot to create scallop squares for quilts, as well as flower shapes for adorning hats for girls/women who have suffered hair loss as a result of chemotherapy. SUPER easy for ANY skill level - even if you don't sew or craft! The more we cut, the more we can sew at the next session - and the more individuals will benefit.  Click on the Daddy's Dreams Tab above for more information and photos, as well as other ways to help!

When: 10/09/2010 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
What: Daddy's Dreams Sewing Session
Where: Quilting Room and Talley Hall at Pleasant Grove UMC

Details:  We will be sewing pre-cut scallop squares into "rag" quilts, as well as assembling flowers and hats to be donated to women/girls suffering hair loss as a result of chemotherapy. We need lots of volunteers to bring their own sewing machines to sew these squares together (simple straight stitch is all that is required!!) and found that it is best to work in pairs with an additional (non-sewing) person snipping threads and stacking squares as we go along. Any individuals who wish to come and cut more fabrics into strips and run them through the Big Shot are also welcome! The more we cut and sew, the more people will benefit from our creations!  Click on the Daddy's Dreams Tab above for more information and photos, as well as other ways to help!

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Daddy's Dreams - Session One Creations

Sunday morning, 08/15/2010, the creations from Session One of Daddy's Dreams were blessed by the entire congregation of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, including visiting volunteers who came just for the occasion.  It was our prayer that the blankets provide comfort and healing to those who receive them and that they know that they are loved.

Sailboat "Rag" Quilt, Garden-themed "Rag" Quilt, and Fireworks "Rag" Quilt.  The 2 quilts on the outside had been "tossed" in the dryer, but not laundered yet.  Once laundered, all of the exposed edges will be frayed, soft, and fluffy - and oh so cuddly!!! 

Sailboat Quilt.

Garden Themed Quilt.

Fireworks Quilt.

My sister, Carrie Nuckolls, made these crocheted lovelies.

Look for future posts outlining where these Daddy's Dreams creations find a new home.  They are already promised and I am very excited!!  Please join us for the next session, 10/09/2010!!  I would really love to double the volunteers and double the number of creations to share with those who need comfort.

Again, a HUGE thanks to everyone who played any part at all in making this possible.  Have a blessed day!

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Daddy's Dreams - Session One!

WHAT A WEEKEND!!!  Daddy's Dreams was a complete success thanks to donations from generous individuals and companies, as well as a village of volunteers comprised of family, dear friends, church members, and total (used to be) strangers. 

The photos below are from our Saturday Cutting and Sewing Session at Pleasant Grove UMC.  FYI - You won't see pictured Janis Moore because she came in the night before to help during the Cutting Session.

Nell Oates and Jamie Hay (AKA Hay and Oates).

Sande Lowis - Our Big Shot Diva!

Pat Weaver and granddaughter, Aspen. 

Tammy Baldwin and my mom, Lynne Carter.

Tammy Baldwin.

Sue Thompson.

Lynne Carter.

It was made evident to an exhausted daughter of mine, Kelsie Burke, that the donation from The Minky Boutique is not only soft blanketed goodness, but also REALLY comfortable.

Aspen helped iron and cut fabric.

Georgia Ray.

Sue Thompson and Tammy Baldwin.

Georgia Ray.

Pat Weaver and Sande Lowis.

Katie Burke, Nell Oates, and Jamie Hay.

Lynne Carter and Tammy Baldwin.

Our cleanup crew (and BOY did they have a job afterwards!!!), my husband and son, Wes and Colby Burke, with my mom, Lynne Carter.

My future sister-in-law, Heather McCondichie, and sister, Carrie Nuckolls.

Georgia Ray and Sue Thompson.

Hard-working cousins (Rowan Carter, Gracie Nuckolls, and Kelsie Burke) with new friend, Aspen.

Lynne Carter, Katie Burke, and Nell Oates.

Patricia Crawford, our official photographer!!

Yes, it's me - frizzy-headed from the rain/humidity (and perpetual oscillating fan blowing the back of my very grateful head) and make-up long gone from itchy eyes, but in my smile I hope you can see that I am thankful - thankful because I was blessed by an amazing group of women (and a couple of handsome guys) who helped me fulfill my dream... Daddy's Dreams!  I love each and every one of you for who you are and what you helped to accomplish this weekend.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart! 

Who's ready for session two???  We have pre-cut fabrics for a couple of quilts and lots more fabric to work with.  Would love to double the number of volunteers next time and bless twice as many people in need of comfort.  Be looking for the announcement on the next date!  I will announce it here on my website/blog.

Look for my next post!!  It will contain photos of the quilts we created!

Katie Burke
Stampin' Up!® Independent Demonstrator
Pine Mountain / LaGrange, Georgia

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