We Started Quilt Distribution.

 We packed the camper yesterday and geaded 5 hours up the highway to visit Corryong Sacred Heart primary school this afternoon. It's a lovely school of 51 students and 14 staff and we were made very welcome.
   We took just over 100 quilts with the intention of giving out approximately  80.  I like everyone to be able to choose which one "speaks to them".

  We only had an hour abd it was pretty hectic. I'd asked the school for genders, ages and classes so I had packed the quilts according to which classroom we visited. I also took quilts for the staff as well as the student's younger siblings. Some of the students were away and the students and teachers chose quilts for them.  It was lovely to see, even the boys were looking intently at the quilts to make their choice. Ray took a wobbly photo of me with a few students and we didn't have time to try for another. Lol.
   They wanted me to thank you all for your beautiful quilts and they were bliwn away by tye work that goes into them. Some of the parents came in to thank us when they picked the kids up from school.
   They said it's getting cold at night now and the adults all chose thicker quilts with the ragged quilts being very popular.  I took lots of sizes and colours and now we really need more quilts for boys and girls. Sizes of about 40 x 50 or 45 x 60 inches would be good as even the young 3 year olds were too big for some of the small cot sized quilts.

  It's always good to start distribution and be reminded that people appreciate what we do. We're going to head over to Batemans Bay now, then down the coast to spend some money, take a break and see the bushfire damage.
     Thank you all so much for your donations as this wouldn't be posdible without you. We started with this school because they were ready to accept quilts. Some of the more badly affected areas won't be interested in them for quite a while as they have nowhere to keep them and haven't started to clear their blocks yet, let alone think of rebuilding.
    Stay safe and isolate yourself by quilting.
Hugs and grateful thanks from Corryong as well as from me.
Jan Mac