Victims of the recent flooding that hit Calgary and the surrounding areas have received a warm gesture by virtue of the generosity of people living far away.
Ontario resident Mary Macfarlane wanted to do something to help the people who had lost so much, and felt that giving them something that was handmade and would keep them warm was what she wanted to help make happen. She decided to start the Macfarlane Christmas Quilt Project.
She got the word out to quilters in Ontario, hoping that maybe 100 quilts would be donated. It turned out that hundreds of them responded with a gift of their time and effort to make over 700 beautiful handmade quilts.
Crafters ranging form the very young to the elderly all lent a hand. Their final products were either queen or king-sized, and some were done with a very intricate pattern and could have sold for up to $1,000 in Macfarlane’s opinion. Instead, they were given out, at no cost and with best wishes form the people who made them.
WestJet Airlines agreed to fly them out to Calgary free of charge, where they were picked up and later distributed by the Golden Age Club to East Village residents affected by the flood.
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