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THIS IS the 4th Annual Crayola Challenge Quilt Raffle!

Our friend Quiltaholic has headed up the project for the past raffles that have benefited many charities, including the bringing Christmas for children twice, back to school clothes and supplies for children, presented funds to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, as well as Ronald McDonald Houses in different areas of the country. She has asked me to take over the coordinating of the raffle, which I am honored to do, and I will try my best to carry on the tradition that Q has set such high bars for!

So... are you READY for some QUILTS ? We are celebrating the 4th Annual Crayola Challenge Quilt Raffle for the Ronald McDonald Houses, and it will be benefiting the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Ozarks, which is located in Springfield, Missouri ! And this year, we are collaborating it with the Circle of Friends Retreat in Branson!

The theme this year was " Life Is Like A Bowlful Of ______ " and we filled in the blank with the Crayola color we wanted. We also had to incorporate black and white as well, so it was a 3 color challenge!

The quilts have been sent to Quiltaholic, and will be mailed to the winners from North Carolina. There are some REAL BEAUTIES in this fun, and the gals did an outstanding job of embracing the challenge!

The drawing itself will be on Sunday morning, September 23rd at the COF Retreat! The quilts will be shown on a slide show, by coordinating numbers and names of quilt makers, so that everyone will know what quilt they have won!

You do not have to be present at the retreat to win, and winners will be notified by Monday, September 24th.

A staff member from the Ronald McDonald House in Springfield will be joining us and do the drawing of the tickets! I'm excited for them to meet SOME of the wonderful gals who make this whole endeavor possible, and for the retreat goers to see what our labors of love work for !

Also in the drawing, are 3 HUGE baskets of quilting goodies, tools, patterns, fabrics... all sorts of goodies every quilter would love. Two of the baskets are in machine totes ... a great prize or a gift for a quilter you know!
We have scheduled 29 quilts to give away! Right now there are 25 received, and we are hoping the rest will be received before the drawing. These quilts are GORGEOUS and will make FABULOUS prizes for the lucky winners!

If you would like to SEE the quilts, you can check them out at CRAYOLA PICS TAB ON THE COF BLOG. As all the quilts are received, the pics will be updated !

In the last raffle we had at the 2011 Circle of Friends Retreat, we raised over $4200 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Jayardi did a fantastic job in raising funds for such a worthy cause!

Let's top that! The goal this year is $5000. Wouldn't YOU love to see us hand a check to such a worthy cause? I WOULD !!!

HERE'S THE SCOOP ON THE TICKETS:
For your chance at a quilt, a donation of $2 will get your name in for the drawing... and for every $5 donated, you will receive 3 tickets for The Ronald McDonald House Quilt Raffle.

All monies must be here by September 15, 2012.

Tickets WILL ALSO BE SOLD AT THE RETREAT if you are attending, and will close at 9pm, Saturday September 22nd.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE AT RETREAT TO WIN ONE OF THESE FABULOUS QUILTS!!!

For those desiring, please make checks payable to Ronald McDonald House Charites of the Ozarks (RMHC), and post date them for September 20, 2012. I don't accept PayPal, so send it thru pony mail. For the mailing address, please go to THE MAILING LIST LINK on the side of the COF BLOG . Any cash or checks received with my name will be deposited in a bank account specifically set up for this raffle

If you would like to SELL to your friends, neighbors, brothers, sisters, quilting buddies ... we can send you tickets with stubs by mail. You can request them thru a PM, or an email to crayolaquilts (@) gmail (dot) com ... taking out all the spaces, of course. You will return the stubs with the money, and their name will be put into the raffle. All sales to others will be tracked, so that we can tally for a special drawing... There will be a Special Quilty Prize for the person who brings in the most donations... that's tickets sold to others.

So, get out there and blog about it. Tell all your friends about it. Share with your family and co-workers. If you would like, I can send you an e-mail with all the details. That way, all you have to do is forward it to them.

WHO'S READY FOR SOME TICKETS ???

~~ here comes the PICS

This message has been edited. Last edited by: SavedSinnr,

Wouldn't you LOVE to win one of these ???

OR .... one of THESE !!!

wouldn't one of THESE look GREAT in your home ???

ALL these gals did such a GREAT job on these quilts !!!

So much color ... so much talent!

Are you drooling yet ???

These are fun !

Are YOU ready to get your tickets yet ???

Sent you a PM

Thanks Mt Laurel ! Will be taking care of it

Sent you a pm.

got it!

Wow, look at all these lovely quilts. And many of us will get to see them in person in Sept.

Are you ready to donate to a good cause and get one of these beauties?

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I mailed a check off yesterday for some raffle tickets. Thank you,
Sheila Senften/crazyboutquilting

Thank you !!!

It's a GOOD WEEKEND TO BUY SOME QUILT RAFFLE TICKETS! ... have you got YOURS yet ?

our record setting warm temperatures have left the area. Sure would be good to cuddle under one of these quilts. Need to buy some tickets soon. Anyone want to join me?

Going to be dropping you a check in the mail Tuesday!!

Y'all better get your tickets in ! I've received ticket money from these gals ~

KC1930
Aliquilts
and
crazyboutquilting

Thanks gals !

Mailing ticket requests out this week

Any helpers wanting to see tickets?

Saved - FYI - I'll be putting some door prizes for your Retreat together and mailing them out to you sometime next week - in the box will be a check for some raffle tickets

I plan to send you a check next week..

checks going out in the mail tomorrow.

patsy

thanks Nicki, Terri and CAgal ... I'll keep some extra sugar cubes out by the mailboxes And thanks for your support of a wonderful charity!

I'll be sending another check out very soon, but wanted to know if I can send you out some items for prizes for the COF games? If so, do you want me to send them to your home or a different address (didn't know how much traveling you have to do to get to the Branson location).

If I cannot attend, at least the ladies will know I am there in spirit!

OH KC ... You're a DOLL ! YES!!! Please send your items to my home address ... I'm only like 30 miles from Branson And I will be loading up every vehicle around to get all the goodies there! THANK YOU for your gifts ... and sure wish you were coming ... but you WILL be there in spirit!

Did you send my tickets yet?

yes, just dropped them in the mail

Thanks Lindsay.

did u get my check yet?

Lindsay, a package should be arriving at your address in about a week. There is a little something for you inside the package (think blue!) for all your hard work!

CA girl ... got it today ... haven't had a chance to post or anything yet but will update

And THANKS for thinking of me Kathy I LOVE surprises !!!

Sounds like more lucky tickets being sold.

whoops, this was on page 2. Can't spread the word if it gets lost.

Take a look at all the pretties and decide how many tickets you would like for the drawing.

I'll be sending you money for tickets. Also I definiely can sell some! I'll send yu a pm. Wanted to get this moved to the top!

Pam

Tickets arrived today. thanks

What is the total raised so far Lindsay? Had a couple people ask me so thought I would holler at you here.

I will be sending an envelope soon!

Lindsay - I sent you two checks in one envelope on Saturday...one for this and the other for t-shirts I'm guessing you will have them on Monday or Tuesday at the latest.

THANKS Royal !

As soon as you send me some- I've sold $40 worth already!! I told the ladies in the family at Easter that they were down for $10 each!! They agreed!!!! Also know I can sell another $30 worth to 3 other people!!

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Wow Shauna, you are doing great. Keep selling those tickets.

Tickets will be mail tomorrow Shauna ... just got some printed for selling Will post more on that later ... first walk, then guild, then fun! See y'all tonite !

SS I sent cks today,1 for shirt and 1 for raffle tickets as though I have ever won anything

The money order is in the mail.

I've updated all the totals and here what's sold as of 4.15.12 ~~

Amount of monies raised SO FAR ~~ $450

Tickets sold ~~ 270

THANK YOU TO ~~

GA Quilter
Tisme
Jayardi
Fishing Widow
Calif Gal
Mrs C
Royalboomer
Aliquilt
KC 1930
Crazyboutquilting
SavedSinnr
Jacky
Lumpy Tush
Sewlove2quilt
Charimingsister
Terrimae
Lionpride
Tommitalk
HandieAnn


And the race is on ... C'MON GALS ... $5000 is NOT too much for us to raise for such a great charity!

AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE TOTES AND BASKETS FULL OF QUILTY TOOLS AND FUN!

AND ... I have printed tickets in case you want to sell them in front of your local market, as well as pictures in a collage of the quilts that I will be happy to download to your local Walgreens so you can print them out to show what people will be winning (minimum purchase, like 20 cents each or so, and they are on 2 pictures) ...

I got the tickets printed by a very generous business in Nixa MO, MAILBOX IT !!! The owner, Chad, donated his printer to print the tickets that we have made up as masters....

So if you want to sell to co-workers, or guild friends, or neighbors, there are tickets that will show the validity of the raffle ... at least, that's what I hope

SO C'MON GALS ... LET'S GET SOME TICKETS!!!!

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If you want for tax donations, please make your checks POST DATED to RONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE OZARKS ... If you want to include it with another payment for retreat or send cash, I am separating the monies to keep track of how much we're earning for RMH

Thanks so much for the info on tax donations.