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Quilt fundraiser benefits local children
The fourth Bend Food Project Quilt Sale exceeded all
expectations, raising $54,729
to buy food for local children.
More than 400 beautiful,
handcrafted quilts were donated to this colorful and popular
fundraiser.
The sale was held in November at the Unitarian Fellowship
in Bend.
Bend Food Project Director
Sue Marceaux said the quilt
sale is now the single biggest
fundraiser for the Bend Food
Project.
“We are so grateful to the local quilters for making this such
a wonderful event and raising
Property
Then, take a walk around
your home and see what winter
left behind.
This was a light winter.
Not ideal for snowpack and
forest moisture, but likely less
yard damages from heavy snow,
ice and wind.
such a large sum of money to
feed kids,” Marceaux said.
The sale had a modest start
in 2022 when two Sunriver
residents and longtime quilters
Judy Johnson and Sandra Henderson realized that they had
accumulated too many quilts.
What began as a simple effort to sell some of their excess
quilts, quickly expanded as other quilters, many from Sunriver,
learned about the sale.
The first quilt sale featured
150 quilts and raised almost
$15,000 to buy food for local
children.
To date, more than 1,000
quilts have been donated, rais-
ing a total of $130,000.
One hundred percent of the
proceeds from the quilt sale are
used to buy food that is distributed via The Giving Plate’s Kid’s
Corner in Bend and The Giving
Plate’s Mobile Kid Pantry that
travels to various locations in
Deschutes County.
Many Sunriver quilters have
contributed their handiwork
to the quilt sale, including
Sunriver quilter Lori Hecker.
“It’s such a great cause and it
allows me to support kids in our
community dealing with food
insecurity by doing something
I love,” Hecker said.
The next sale will be held
Check the roof
In a wildfire event, even one
far outside Sunriver proper,
we can expect falling ash and
embers. Should those embers
landing on dry forest debris,
especially pine needle and leaf
"nests" that can develop in gutters and roof valleys – a recipe
for rapid ignition.
Clear all forest debris from
gutters and roof surfaces, check
anything near your chimney,
and look for branches that
overhang or touch the roofline.
Those need to be trimmed
back.
A Full Service Tree Co.
Sunriver resident and longtime quilter Sandra Henderson.
in the fall of 2027. If you are
interested in donating a quilt,
contact Sandra Henderson at
bendfoodprojectquiltsale@
gmail.com.
A special thanks to the following quilters from Sunriver
for donating quilts: Carolyn
Cooper, Jacque Ervin, Nancy
Fischer, Lori Hecker, Sandra
Henderson, Martie Helmreich,
Ruth Kinane, Judy Johnson, Pat
Jones, Margie Mathison, Kim
Orzell, Marcia Schonlau and
Mindy Wolfman.
More information about the
BFP Quilt Sale can be found at
www.bfpquiltsale.org
is thriving or failing.
Pine needles and forest debris
make ideal kindling for a hot
ember to land on, so note where
bare ground needs raking and
where debris has accumulated.
Check shrubs, trees and other
Walk your yard
Identify plants or sections materials close to the house and
of plants that didn't survive evaluate whether they need to
be removed or cut back to create
winter.
You may need to wait until a five-foot “defensible space”
May bloom to confirm if a plant zone around your structure.
That's all we have room for
this month.
Next month, we'll go further
into specific steps to protect
your home and yard.
In the meantime, don't wait.
Now is the time to get those
yards ready for summer.
Have a safe start to spring.
–Jim Bennett is the public information officer for the Sunriver
Fire Department.
Brent Redenius
President
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Cell: 541-977-6274
brent@springrivertreeservice.com
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