Thanks to all the generous sponsors, we were able to award even more prizes this year than we anticipated! Congratulations, to all the winners, and a big THANK YOU to everyone who donated to our 2018-2019 Hopes and Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS!
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Thursday, November 7, 2019
Friday, September 27, 2019
A touching letter from our Sew Popular 1st place winner.
We are very excited to announce and honor our 2019 Hopes & Dreams Sew Popular 1st place winner. Charlotte's quilt received the most votes by the public followed by two other finalists.
We remember when Charlotte's quilt came into our office. Along with her unique quilt, was the most touching letter for which she explains how she came up with the idea of her quilt.
Thank you Charlotte for supporting Hopes & Dreams as well as sharing your story.
July 1, 2019
My name is Charlotte Harrison and I live in Owasso Oklahoma
on a fly in community where people live with their airplanes in hangers in the
back yard. It’s a very close community and we socialize often. I have a
quilting group that meets in my shop in my hangar every Tuesday.
A little over 8 months ago on October 18th my
best friend’s husband was diagnosed with ALS. Two days later on October 20th
my husband was flying when he suffered a heart attack. He was able to land
safely and taxi back to our hangar and call me. He was rushed to the hospital
and then the Cath lab where they out a stent in his heart to correct a 100%
blockage. He was shocked back to life twice during this ordeal. After, he
recovered quickly and recently “graduated” from his cardiac rehab program and
he was back to his wonderful self.
In the meantime, our hearts were aching for our friends
Jackie and Nick King who were dealing with the diagnosis of ALS. Being a
quilter, I wanted to do something to express my grief and searching on the internet
led me to your website. I also happen to be chairman of our guild
charity quilts program so it was like it was meant to be.
I wrote to you at that time on messenger for information
which you gladly sent. After that, I kept waking up with visions of this quilt
in my head. Night after night, same dream a little different each night until
finally I just got out of bed and sketched it. The quilting lines running
across the quilt represent life as usual just flowing along and the colorful
pieces darkening and falling until they are all black and in a box with a still
beating heart represent the parts of the ALS patient as they fail until the
person is alone in the ”glass coffin” of ALS.
I finished the quilt a few weeks ago and took it to show my
friend before shipping it to you. He cried and said he totally understood
without explanation and it was exactly how he felt. He asked if he could keep
it and I said absolutely but wanted to show it at the guild meeting and would
bring it back.
Then, June 15th my husband slipped and fell and
hit his head. Because of the blood thinners required for the stent in his
heart, he had a subdural hematoma which required surgery that night. He was
recovering nicely for several days then had some complications, but doctors were
still optimistic and we were hopeful.
On Sunday, June 23th, our friend Nicky King
passed away from ALS at 6:45 in the evening and the following day, Monday June
24th, the love of my life left me to be with his best friend. I
truly believe God spared him in October so he could help his friend and all of
us in this community get through the past 8 months.
All of our labels on our guild’s quilts and on mine say in
honor of Nicky King but they are now in Memory of Nicky King. I am not the
greatest quilter by a long shot but I do hope my interpretation of the journey
of the ALS patient raises some funds for ALS research.
Sincerely,
Charlotte
Harrison
You can purchase Charlotte's quilt and many other quilts donated to the Hopes and Dreams Quilt Challenge on our ETSY page. 100% of all quilt sales goes towards ALS research in hope to find a cure!
Monday, September 12, 2016
2015-2016 Challenge Wrap Up
We would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2015-2016 Hopes & Dreams Quilt Challenge.Through continuous support and spontaneous giving, this program has been an incredible success thanks to generous quilters & sponsors like you.
In our seven years, Hopes & Dreams Inc. has been fortunate to receive over 9,000 quilts. Most have been distributed to patients with ALS. Not only are they filled with gratitude from the letters you send with the quilts but more importantly these patients are left with a glimmer of hope that action is being taken towards finding a cure for this awful disease.
The Hopes & Dreams Quilt Challenge donates 100% of all proceeds from quilts being auctioned, sold or generous gifts towards ALS research! In our seven years, more than $141,000 has been raised for research towards finding a cure!
We have received many thank you notes already from patients and their families who truly appreciate the generosity of the quilting community.
Thank you for the lovely quilt that you donated to my husband. That was truly a wonderful surprise!! My husband is only 45 years old and was diagnosed with ALS in 2014. It has been a very rough road for our family of four. Our boys are 10 & 14 years old. It has been difficult for all of us to accept how this devastating disease is impacting our lives. Your kindness & thoughtful gesture really brightened our day. Thank you for all that you do!! You are making a positive difference in the world of ALS.
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Hi, I am an ALS patient and I recently received a beautiful quilt made by Lucille Holsey as part of the Hopes and Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS. The quilt is so beautiful and I am just so touched that Ms. Hosely would go to the time and trouble to make it for someone that she's never even met...The quilt warms my heart and my body! Thank you so much for your incredible kindness!!
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I want to THANK you for the quilt. I went to the doctors at Baylor ALS Clinic and they gave me one of your quilts. I am so happy to receive it and it is so warm. I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate it. God Bless ALL of you.
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I was quite surprised to find this gift of a lap quilt at the support group meeting here in Wichita, KS. In April of 2015, I was diagnosed with ALS. My particular version is Bulbar ALS which primaraly affects my speech and swallowing at this time. We are trying not to let this impact our life, but we don't know what the future holds. Thanks for creating the organization to raise funds for ALS research.
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We would like to congratulate each category winner. We received some awesome prizes from our sponsors this year and we were able to stuff boxes with tons of goodies for these winners.
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Please be sure to check out the Hopes and Dreams website and vote for your favorite quilt in the Sew Popular category!
Once again, thank you! Your support of Hopes & Dreams is truly immeasurable in providing Hope to our Dream of a Cure for ALS!
Sincerely,
Kathy Thompson & the team at Quilters Dream Batting
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To see how you can get involved, please visit :
and don't forget to like our Facebook page!
Thursday, September 3, 2015
VOTE for your 2015 "Sew Popular" quilt!
It's that time again! This year we have 12 finalists in our Sew Popular Category. Three winners will be awarded for most votes for their quilts!
1st Place Prize: Baby Lock Tempo
2nd Place: Prizes valued at $800
3rd Place: Prizes valued at $500
******CONTEST NOW CLOSED***
Check out more detailed photos on our FLICKR PAGE.
Voting ends Thursday, September 17th 11:59pm EST. Winners will be announced Friday, September 18th 10:00am EST on the Hopes & Dreams Facebook page.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Bragging rights for the 2014-2015 Challenge Year!
2014-2015
WRAP UP
We would like to thank everyone for their participation in the 2014-2015 Hopes & Dreams Quilt Challenge. Through continuous support and spontaneous giving, this program has been an incredible success thanks to all of our generous sponsors & quilters!
We'll just cut to the chase with a breakdown and acknowledge the winners for the challenge categories!
We have collected 913 quilts this year and that's not including all the other creative items that we can sell with 100% of the funds going towards ALS research!
We have given the ALS chapters over 600 quilts to be distributed to PALS (patients with ALS).
Your quilts have given these patients hope and have definitely warmed their laps and hearts!
Thanks Pat for donating 75 quilts AND delivering them to us in Virginia Beach!
We had 13 quilt guilds participate in this year’s challenge for a total of 168 quilts and well over 100 various quilted items!
The Virginia Beach Modern Quilt Guild generously donated 51 quilts.
Three shops participated in this year’s challenge but it was Around the Block Quilt Shop that took home the trophy donating over 40 quilts.
In our Sew Creative Category, Hill 'N Hollow Quilt Guild of Mountain Lake, Arkansas donated many items: runners, wall hangings, bags. These items will be great sold at local craft shows and festivals will all proceeds going towards ALS research!
Did you know that donating just one quilt/creative item gets you a chance to win some awesome prizes?? That's right! Everyone is entered into a general drawing and 3 winners are picked at random. These lucky ladies scored some great gifts for participating!
Also, as part of Quilter's World Magazine's sponsorship, 10 random winners will be chosen to receive a free one year subscription!
Last but not least we have the Sew Popular Category. This one is fun and we would LOVE for you to join! This year 12 quilts have been chosen. Each quilt is photographed at various angles and posted on the Hopes & Dreams website to be voted on for the duration of a week.
The quilt with the most votes will receive a Baby Lock: Tempo sewing machine! Second place winner will receive prizes valued at $800 and third place a prize box valued at $500.
Pretty awesome right? The new challenge year (2015-2016) has begun. We've already received lots of boxes filled with quilts. And our sponsors are amazing! Check out the PICS of what we have so far. We are constantly adding photos so be sure to keep checking in to see what YOU could possibly win.
Once again, thank you! Your support of Hopes & Dreams is truly immeasurable in providing Hope to our Dream of a Cure for ALS!
Vote for your favorite quilt on Sept 3rd at
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Vote for your favorite 2014 "Sew Popular" quilt!
10 finalist have been entered into the "Sew Popular" category.
(To see other prize categories you can enter, click HERE.)
It's now up to YOU to choose our winner! One lucky finalist will win a prize package valued at $1000.
We want to thank everyone who participated, donated and sponsored in the 2014 challenge! Without your support we couldn't be so successful towards raising awareness and finding a cure.
Let's keep our hopes up and have yet another awesome year. 2015 challenge... here we come!
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Check out more detailed photos from our FLICKR page!
**Voting ends Tuesday Sept. 30th**
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
End of year 2014 Challenge update
First and foremost, we would like to thank EVERYONE who participated in the 2014 Hopes & Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS! We are currently still in the process of wrapping up the 2014 challenge.
We received SO many quilts this year and hope you will be patience with us as we continue to log them in. Once that's complete, we will be able to post our "Sew Popular" contest on our Facebook page for you all to vote! We will also be announcing the category winners shortly after that.
August 1st marked the 2015 challenge year and we have already been getting in tons of new quilts and prize donations from many new sponsors! We sincerely appreciate your time and efforts and hope you will continue to join us in raising awareness and much needed funds to help find a cure for this disease. Stay tuned...
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