Airedale Rescue Quilting Bee: THANK YOU!!

Online ticket donations have closed, but there will be in-person ticket donations accepted on Thursday, Oct. 6th at the ATCA Hospitality Room in the headquarters hotel between 6 and 8 PM. The Quilt drawing will take place at the end of the evening. So stay tuned and check the Quilt Blog or the Airedale Rescue Quilting Bee Facebook page to find out who won. I will post the names of the Leap Y'Aire winner and the bonus wall hanging winners either that evening or the next day once Lori Taylor calls me with the results.

I just want to take the time to thank the Bee members who worked so hard to make the 2016 Airedale Rescue Quilt and Fundraiser come to fruition and those folks who generously donated items to be used for the Early 'Dale Drawings. And I can't forget the adopters and regional rescue groups that shared the Rescue stories and photos. They all contributed to making the 2016 Airedale Rescue Quilt Fundraiser a success! And I want to thank the AireForce, who for 2 months of the Quilt Blog and online ticket donations, kept us ahead of last year and at the end of the online portion, stepped up and in 2 days rallied and helped us reach our goal. It was truly amazing to watch it unfold. Words cannot express our gratitude to you all for your generosity.

Artists: Patty Eisenbraun, Jane Miller, and Linda Hobbet
Fiber Artists (Blocks): Linda Bell, Karen Brown, Brenda Clare, Sharon DeBoer, Jeanne Esmond, Jeannette Grantner, Pam Jones, Carol Palmer, Marianne Perry, Sue Senerchia, Lori Taylor, Eileen Tedesco
Bonus Wall Hangings: Karen Brown, Carolyn Finlayson, Candy Kramlich and Marianne Perry
Top Assembly: Sharon DeBoer
Machine Quilting: Sandy Lachowski
Quilt Label: Rebecca Eash
Final Assembly: Sharon DeBoer
Incentives Coordinator: Virginia Slowik
Donation Processing: Eileen Tedesco & Sidney Hardie
Blog: Candy Kramlich with the wonderful help of Sidney Hardie and Lydia Ross
Montgomery Marketing: Lori Taylor
Internal Bee Website: Holly Coes Harris
Slide Show Video: Jean Seibert
Steering Committee: Sharon DeBoer, Rebecca Eash, Candy Kramlich, Lydia Ross and Lori Taylor - all helped to move the process along
Snail Mail Ticket Master: Sidney Hardie
Ticket Master Extraordinaire (Online Sales): Eileen Tedesco
Thank You Cards: Lydia Ross

Early 'Dale Incentive Donors (in alphabetical order):
Ann Curran (Ragtail)
Barbara Curtis/New England Airedale Rescue
Henry Curtis (Hunting Henry)
Sharon DeBoer
Carol Fitch Domeracki (Anything Airedale)
Jeanne Esmond
Maryellen Estes
Dianna Fielder
Cheryl Fritz
Rebecca Gillmore (Collaration)
Delia Hardie
Tara Hirjak
Wendy Hodgson (MudPups)
Candy Kramlich
Denise Lucas
Sandra J. Merwin
Jane Miller
Ursula Obermann
Lydia Ross
Sue Senerchia
Virginia Slowik
Terry Stevens
Lori Taylor
Michelle Toland
Jan Williams (Arctic Aire)

THANK YOU!!!

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.

3 comments :

DukeOctober 2, 2016 at 2:21 AM
Thank you to everyone for huge efforts over the years! And thank you too, Candy. There is no way the Bee could have done any of this without you♥
I have enjoyed so much working with the Bee - choosing themes and seeing the drawings that the artists have done. Working on my block was so much fun! And watching the assembly of all of the blocks to form the most beautiful AireQuilts ever. It's a huge amount of work and in the end Airedale Rescue wins and that's what it's all about. I am so honored to have been a part of all of this. Thank you from the bottom of my heart♥
UnknownOctober 2, 2016 at 6:27 AM
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