Overwhelming and Heartfelt Messages of Thanks.

We've received some lovely thank you emails and it's lovely to see how much your quilt donations mean to people in need of a warm hug. Some of these details from Eastern Palliative Care can be quite confronting so tissues might be needed after reading their heartfelt messages.

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Dear Quilter

Thank you so much for the beautiful quilts sent to Rochester after the October 22 floods.

Our family is the lucky (and very thankful) recipient of a double-bed and a single bed quilt made by Dawn Hird.

I would very much appreciate if you could extend our thanks to Dawn. It is a most generous gesture and we will treasure our Comfort Quilts.

Kind regards

Janet W. & family

Rochester

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A lovely email which was sent to Waverley Patchworkers and forwarded to us as we are collaborating to deliver the quilts to Rochester.
Good afternoon quilters and especially Val Dale.
My grandson Locky received a most amazing quilt for a teenage boy. He has had a pretty rough time with their rental house unrepairable, losing most of his things in the flood (who would have thought it would go so high) and having to leave our community to live 45 minutes away. He has started at a new school but is now coping well. They have decided not to return to Rochester to live.
When I gave him his new quilt last night and the story behind it by special people he was absolutely thrilled. We spent over half an hour looking at the different fabrics, their textures and the optical illusions, what a work of art. He loves fishing and the fish were a real hit. Val you must have known.
We talked about heirlooms and he said this will be his.
Many thanks for being so thoughtful and making Locky’s day. He just loves it.
Heather D. (Nan)

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Hello Jan

Yesterday I received a beautiful quilt made by you. It was given to me by one of the Family Support Workers from Eastern Palliative Care. Such a lovely surprise and I love it and want to say a big thank you. It’s bound in yellow, such a happy colour and one I love.

Thanks for your generosity. I have it over a chair in my lounge so I can see it all the time.

Thank you again

Kate E.

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A big thank you letter from Eastern Palliative Care which explains how much your gift of a quilt means to their clients and families.

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I just wanted to share this with you. I did bring in a quilt for Margaret, actually for her loving grandson (19 mths old) who she has been grieving as she won’t be able to see him growing. As soon as she saw the quilt, it beamed her up, then she became very teary with gratitude. Her husband, Lee, was there. He kept silent, but I saw tears coming thru his cheek. It WAS such a beautiful moment.

I witnessed the power of love and care from our silent hug makers, truly amazing,

So…. Please send us more!!!

I met with outer client gentleman in Boronia today

we gifted him with a quilt.

He was so grateful and overwhelmed and became quite emotional at our kind gesture.

He sends a very big thankyou to EPC.

Female client in , BOX HILL NORTH, not in good state. However, as soon as I presented her the quilt,

I have noticed light on her face and put a smile. She was very pleased for the quilt).

Female client in MONT ALBERT NORTH

(She commented our volunteers are extremely generous and talented.)

A big thank you also for the crocheted rug that he was given,

he used it extensively in the last 3 months.

77 yr old gentleman who has had MND since 2009 loved his quilt.

I gave a quilt to a new client a lady in Blackburn.

She was very chuffed and grateful

Card received from a 78 yr old lady in Templestowe.

Thank you for the lovely crocheted blanket you

have made and was given to me by one of the nurses.

It certainly radiates colour fun and love.

Card received from 83 yr old lady in Mooroolbark

I would like to give a big thank you to all the palliative care vols

who produce their lovely products.

Especially for the gift of the rug which matches the furniture so well.

One of nurses came by to say that the quilts taken out for client ( for her 3 month old and 2 year old and toys) a quilt for outer client lady, were both met with tears.

They were both so grateful.

I gave a lovely patchwork quilt to the above clients wife/dau today.

His grand daughter grabbed it in delight and took it straight in to show

Her Grandfather and put it on his bed. He has Alzheimer’s was very pleased with it

Quilt taken out for a young man who is on the program

and gave it to his mum who was delighted and loved the cars on the quilt.She will treasure this after he dies.

I went out to see the client and his family today –

they have been on the program for awhile and have 2 young children. I ended up taking a small quilt for each of them (4 family members) as they have had a rough trot.

They were so appreciate of it. The client chose a bright red number that he instantly put across his knees –he was about to have a nap on the couch.

The two kids were absolutely thrilled and got to pick the ones

they wanted, they were running around the house wrapped up in their quilts like little quilt burritos and excited for the school holidays.

His wife was hesitant at first as she felt it was too much to take another, but then agreed to take the last one and was very thankful.

Everyone really loved the colours of the quilts and had difficulty

choosing because they were so lovely. I think it made their day!

Hi there,

Lovely story to share with your team.

Gentleman was our client and died in 2021. His wife is now in our book.

We brought two rugs for them during his admission. Here is a comment by their son.

“As for the Rugs, they have been well used every day, mum insists on having one on and complains if her feet aren’t covered.

Let the volunteers know that their work has made a great impact on our family and is very much appreciated.”

Hug Makers – our amazing silent troops!!

I provided a nice brown coloured quilt today to a new client, in Bullen. He and his wife loved it.