Relay for Life raises nearly $30,000 for
American Cancer Society efforts
The 2006 Relay for Life event raised nearly $30,000 to aid
the American Cancer Society's research and support programs. The quiltathon, sponsored by the Country Patchwork Quilt Guild,
raised $770 selling quilt blocks, though not enough blocks were sold to finish
any one of the four quilts the group started building. Work on the quilts will
continue. "We will keep plugging
along. We will get them finished one way or another." The money raised by the quiltathon
during the Relay for Life will go to the American Cancer Society, but money
raised from now on will go to the
Betty L of the Country Patchwork
Quilters Guild pins up a block during the Relay for Life quiltathon
Friday, June 16, in the Club House on the east side of the Marshall square while
Michael M and Lavonne B work on
quilt blocks.
A $10 donation will allow someone
to personalize a block to honor or memoralize someone. A quotation or other message may also be put
on the block. There are four color
schemes to choose from; “vintage – multicolor, “rural”
– green/tan/brown; “breast cancer” – pink, “jewel
tone” – lavender/rose. All
money collected will be given to the cancer center campaign and any
quilt/quilts produced will be given to the
