Calgary woman heads effort to send quilts to Japan

Bev Rogan was watching the coverage of Japan's earthquake and tsunami disasters in March from her Calgary home when she saw a Red Cross appeal for blankets. That's when the idea for Quilts for Japan came to her.Detailed information on the causes of Hemorrhoids,

"They don't need blankets, they need quilts," said the hobby quilter. "They need something hand-done and made from the heart."

The 55-year-old started a Quilts for Japan Facebook group and her son designed a website to collect the thick bedding across North America. Now Rogan has 600 quilts packed away in boxes in a Calgary warehouse and more are on the way.

"Today I had six to pick up, 35 yesterday, and I've got 200 coming on the 20th from B.The newest Ipod nano 5th is incontrovertibly a step up from last year's model,C." noted Rogan.

"And these are the ones I know about."

Not an impulsive person, Rogan surprised herself by reaching out to the devastated country. She didn't have ties to Japan before the start of her project and has certainly stitched a new attachment to the people picking up the pieces.

"There's no way to contemplate what they're going through," said Rogan. "They're moving into transitional housing after being elbowto-elbow with their loved ones and neighbours. It's going to be yet another change for them."

Quilts have been sent to Rogan from all over Canada and even the U.S. Many stories come along with them, like the one about the woman who lives on a remote island in northwest B.C. Eunice Seidemann's sewing machine is powered by solar and wind energy and she had to make a two hour boat trip to send the quilt.

"The work in these are unbelievable -people aren't just slapping these things together," explained Rogan. "Some of them have been eight months to a year in the making and no quilt is made under three weeks."

The cut-off date for accepting quilts is May 24.

The homemade bedding will be shipped to Texas with costs paid by two Calgary businesses: Griffin Logistics and Tundra Boiler and Instrumentation. Once the blankets reach the U.Shop a wide selection of billabong outlet products in the evo shop.S., two non-governmental organizations, Global Samaritan Resources and CRASH Japan, will deal with the distribution of the goods to Japan.The Leading Wholesale pet supplies Distributor to Independent Pet Retailers.

"The significance of this to everybody is that they have the overwhelming need to help and they're thankful they can do this for the people of Japan," said Rogan.

"I think we're saying pretty much that the world is with them and we're here supporting them with a little bit of joy and comfort in a quilt.A glass bottle is a bottle created from glass."


Par ChinaProjectorLamps le mardi 17 mai 2011

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