Airedale Rescue Quilting Bee: TONIGHT EARLY 'DALE NO. 9 DRAWING ENDS AND END OF ONLINE TICKET DONATIONS!

EARLY 'DALE NO. 9 DRAWING ENDS TONIGHT AT 8 PM EDT

The $25,000 Milestone winner is Patty Eisenbraun of Bloomfield, MI! Congratulations, Patty!

~~And don't forget, there is still a $25,000 Milestone Incentive for the person whose donation puts us at $25,000.~~

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TONIGHT concludes online donations for quilt tickets. IN PERSON TICKET DONATIONS can only be made on Thursday, Oct. 6th between 6 and 8 PM at the ATCA Hospitality Room in the headquarters hotel. Lori Taylor will be there with the Quilt Display - Leap Y'Aire, and the 4 Bonus wall hangings.

Please note that the drawing for the 2016 quilt, Leap Y'Aire, and the four bonus wall hangings, will take place on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 before 8 PM at the ATCA Hospitality Room of the Headquarters Hotel, the Hyatt House in Plymouth Meeting, PA. This will end the 2016 Fundraiser.

NO. 9-1 MUDPUP - PLAYBOW FIGURINE

WINNER:

NO. 9-2 AIREDALE THROW

WINNER:

NO. 9-3 PRINT - "SULLY"

WINNER:

NO. 9-4 SCARF

WINNER:

NO. 9-5 AIREDALE FRAME

WINNER:

This is also the LAST year of the Airedale Rescue Quilting Bee and the Airedale Rescue Quilts. It's been a long, long run (1999 - 2016) and we've had fun creating unique fabric works of art for the benefit of National Airedale Rescue. A huge thank you to all those who participated in the Quilts over the years and those whose donations made the the quilt fundraisers so successful. You made it possible for National Airedale Rescue to help so many Airedales for the past 17 years. Not including this year's fundraiser, the Quilting Bee has raised $222,540 since 1999 through Oct. 2015.

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Why the Last Quilt?

For the last few years, it has become increasingly harder to find volunteers to run/manage the Bee. The steering committee has done all it can, but is retiring. We want to be very clear, it is not a financial issue for the volunteers of the Bee, it is a lack of dependable people stepping up to manage and participate in the behind-the-scenes running of the fundraiser. Currently, there are NO plans to continue any managerial portion of the Bee or to create additional quilts.

The steering committee has taken on all the managerial aspects of what is literally running a small business. Each and every one of us has devoted endless hours and money to making this a successful fundraiser for NAR. Running the Bee consists of many tasks and this is by no means a complete list: finding artists, finding block makers, finding quilters, deciding on themes, preparing block packets, coordinating timelines, finding a professional photographer, securing ticket printing/ purchasing, obtaining raffle license, selling tickets (donations), having a presence at MCKC, having a blog and/or website to promote the quilt, obtaining rescue stories and photos for marketing, acquiring donations for prizes, and ‘nagging’ members to complete their jobs in a timely fashion. Many times the steering committee has had to step in and do a job at the last minute because of the lack of volunteers or follow-through.

It has been a great 17 year run for the Quilting Bee, as the largest fundraiser for NAR. We know many Airedales have been supported through this effort.

Incentive Winners

"Aire Leaps Through the Seasons" - Charles Jones, III - GA
"Table Runn-Aire" - Helena Epstein, NY
"Dive Bombing Swallows" - Lynn Mathers, WA
"Straw Hat Girl" - Cathy Gaidos, KS
"Leap Y'Aire" - Donna Cardamone, OH
#9-5 Martha Calligan, OH
#9-4 Barbara Bonfield, CA
#9-3 Judith Luckett, TX
#9-2 Lisa Panno
#9-1 Ann Cosgrove, VA
$25,000 Milestone - Patty Eisenbraun, MI
$20,000 Milestone - Judy Luckett, TX
#8-5 Sharon Rafferty, CO
#8-4 Cindy Trimble, FL
#8-3 Caroline Thibodeau, CA
#8-2 Heidi Klaus, Freehold, NJ
#8-1 Nancie Secher, CA
#7-5 Dean Incopero, IL
#7-4 Sandra Swanson, NY
#7-3 Virginia Slowik, NY
#7-2 Barbara Morrison, WV
#7-1 Katherine Appleton, PA
$16,000 Milestone - Dina Rabanal, NM
#6-5 Lisa Hedman, WA
#6-4 Marcia L. Smith, NY
#6-3 Nancy Wagner-Hislip, NJ
#6-2 Linda McVey, British Columbia
#6-1 Donna Couch Jones, AZ
#5-5 Nancy Tripp - MA
#5-4 Denise Seis, IN
#5-3 George Core - AZ
#5-2 Patty Eisenbraun, MI
#5-1 Elisa Burnsed, GA
#4-4 Christine Votel Sheffer, NY
#4-3 Wendy Hodgson, Australia
#4-2 Pam Vandergrift
#4-1 Susan Winnett, Australia
$10,000 Milestone - Paul Pistell, MD
#3-4 New England Airedale Rescue, CT
#3-3 Ginger Robinson, VA
#3-2 Jean Naragdao, OR
#3-1 New England Airedale Rescue, CT
#2-4 Nora Davidson, TX
#2-3 Pat Bently, AZ
#2-2 Robert Haney, NJ
#2-1 Frances Murphy, AZ
$5,000 Milestone - Ruth Ellen Hill, TX
#1-4 Barbara Bonfield, CA
#1-3 Debbie Butler, KS
#1-2 Carole Evans, IN
#1-1 Leah Bokovitz, OH

Explaining the National Airedale Quilting Bee

Every year since 1999, a group of dedicated quilters and Airedale lovers has gathered in cyberspace to create a very down-to-Earth work of art as a fundraiser for National Airedale Rescue (NAR), the 501c3 corporation which is the Official Treasury of the Airedale Terrier Club of America Rescue & Adoption (ATCA R/A) Committee. Almost all of the materials and every one of the hundreds of hours of labor are volunteered, so that the proceeds of the fundraiser go 100% to NAR.

The donations are in increments and each donation you make (online or by check) will make you eligible for the main quilt and/or one of four bonus wall hangings. The donation structure is set up as follows: for each $5 donation you make, you will receive one entry for the main quilt; for each $25 donation increment you make, you will receive 5 entries for the main quilt and 1 bonus wall hanging entry. For example, if you donate $50, you receive 10 main quilt entries and 2 bonus entries, and so on.

4 comments :

lSeptember 30, 2016 at 8:48 AM
sad it's the last... but going out with a big BUCK BANG!
UnknownSeptember 30, 2016 at 12:10 PM
We would like to thank everyone involved over the year's, for all the fantastic hard work, time, dedication, that has helped so many Airedales in need.
You are all very special.
THANK YOU.
May the AIRE-FORCE be with you forever.
Keith, Sue & Apollo
UnknownSeptember 30, 2016 at 12:12 PM
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Baby Rocket Dog and HootieOctober 2, 2016 at 12:39 PM
It has been a pleasure viewing your fabulous works of art these past years. Such talent has gone into the quilts and what a blessing!
Smooches from pooches,
BabyRocketDog & Hootie