Minnesota Prepares for the Sale of the House Traveling Quilt Begin

The Traveling House Quilt has traveled the United States in 2008 and the Twin Cities Relief Sales is beginning the process to prepare and educate people on what this "Traveling House Quilt" has accomplished in it's life.  The quilt blocks were made by children at the Twin Cities Relief Sale in May of 2007 and as October 2008, it has generated $64,840. It's time to celebrate the theme of "One House Block, One Child's Art Work, One Quilt can make a difference in this world".  The purpose of the quilt was to assist in educating Relief Sales across the United States and Canada about the victims in Bangladesh who lost there homes in the cyclone in November of 2007. Donations to the "Traveling House Quilt" of $400 build a family in Bangladesh a home.  Today, this quilt is not sold and we have enough funds to build over 166 houses, enough to build several villages!

Sunday, the children listened intently to Greta at Emmanuel Mennonite Church as they realized their friends had drawn the blocks and that they, too, can make a difference in this world!  A number of other House block quilts and House Block art pieces will be sold at the Relief Sale.

The Intergenerational Sunday School was set up with 5 centers including:

1.  Rice Center with the computer game at www.freerice.com.  They had fun learning vocabulary, grammar, or geography while stocking the United Nations World Food Program with rice.

2. Food Center with Bangladesh food.

3. Tablecloth Center where they painted using wooden stamps to decorate a table.  The stamps are a product of Bangladesh and are sold at Ten Thousand Villages.

4. A Weather Center demonstrating a bit about Cyclone Sidr, the reason for the

 MCC house building project.

5. Video Center where they watch Akey and Showpawn from Bangladesh in a typical day.

On Saturday, November 8, at 1:00 the auction will focus on Bangledesh and ask for more dollars adding up to several $400 donations as children move across the stage from a plastic tent to a Banglesdesh house.  It's so exciting to have individuals with the creativity to try new ideas and the Twin Cities MCC

 Relief Sales says a special "Thank You" to Lily, who has been the heart beat of the auction since it's beginning in 2001.  If you haven't visited the Twin Cities Relief Sale, it does have it's own Urban personality and we invite you to join us.  If you are interested in donating to the Bangladesh Housing project or purchasing an item, you can contact lovejoypiece@gmail.com or connect through the mcc.org link attached to the blog.

Some of you may be asking, what does the "Traveling House Quilt" look like?  It is our goal to post it in the next day or two.   We look forward to your "Responses".