Ami Simms is in Williamsburg, VA tonight
Posted By drsao on September 30, 2011
I copied portions of this announcement from our Colonial Piecemaker’s Flyer for the program tonight! I will be there – I hope you will come too!
The Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative is a national, grassroots organization whose mission is to raise awareness and fund research.
“Alzheimer’s Illustrated: From Heartbreak to Hope” (a nationally touring exhibit of quilts about Alzheimer’s) and the Priority: Alzheimer’s Quilts Project are two of its efforts.
The AAQI is a totally volunteer organization.
No funds are spent on fundraising and 100% of its revenue is used to fund its programs and support research.
Ami Simms, Founder and Executive Director of Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative, is a nationally known quilter and lecturer.
Come join us as she speaks about her care giving experiences and the national charity she has started.
Ami supported her mother through her 7 year battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Friday September 30, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Williamsburg Unitarian Church
3051 Ironbound Road
A free will donation will be collected for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative
Sponsored by the Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild and the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists
More than 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive and degenerative brain disease that is robbing them of their memories, their life skills, their ability to reason, to learn, and eventually to take care of themselves.
Alzheimer’s is always fatal unless another disease takes one’s life first. Quilters across the United States are threading their needles in the hopes of bringing a cure for Alzheimer’s disease one stitch closer.
THE ART AUCTION STARTS THIS SATURDAY AND ENDS OCT 10…..go to the website for pictures and more information!!!
http://www.alzquilts.org/
Here are the quilts that I have made for the AAQI
This first one is NOW FINISHED but not in the picture. I made it in an EMELLISHMENT class that I took from Catherine Etter at VCQ this year.
Enjoy Yourself
The following six quilts were made at Sherry Whitford’s house – she provided all of the materials – what fun we had in her sewing room!
Reach for the Stars
The Best Nest
Autumn Delight
A PURRFECT GARDEN
PURRFECT PEACE
Celebrate Memories
What wonderful little quilts – and of course, the donation to such a worthy cause is outstanding. I love Ami Simms as our Ambassador and leader in this cause. Thanks from all of us. Judy C