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“Yes Mam!”®
How you can say “YES MAM!”® Too!
The “Yes Mam!”® Mammogram Challenge enables quiltmakers everywhere to participate in increasing the availability of routine mammogram screening for women who could not otherwise afford them. Individuals and groups are challenged to create quilts in any design, using the “Yes Mam!"® fabric provided in the kit as a recognizable part of the design. Quiltmakers are encouraged to find a way to raise funds for free mammograms in their local communities by using both the construction process and the completed quilt in fundraising efforts.
Quiltmakers have traditionally used their art in socially significant ways, supporting community projects through quilts. While many innovative fundraising mechanisms are possible, below are some suggestions for getting started:
-Involve as many people as possible;
-sell the individual quilt blocks or signature squares (front and back of quilt may be used), possibly using the basic expense for a single mammogram as a goal for each block;
-have people make and donate blocks and funds as well; have a quilt-in marathon with sponsors supporting the quilters; have an auction or raffle.
-create a guild challenge with many quilts being made, and sell, auction, or raffle the results;
-have an exhibit of your efforts and charge admission;
-be bold in your approach; do your quilting in public, perhaps at the facility that will benefit from your donation.
-involve the media in promoting your project, or get it on the Internet.
(If laws in your area governing games of chance restrict your efforts, consider working through the imaging facility you will fund, as they are probably not-for-profit.)
The organizers of Quilters' Heritage Celebration’s “YES MAM!”® Mammogram Challenge hope that funds generated by your project will be used to provide free mammogram screenings for uninsured/underinsured women who are not eligible for assistance programs. However, the local fund-raising group is solely responsible for determining its recipient program or facility.
ADDITIONAL KITS OF “YES MAM!”® FABRIC, RULES AND LABEL FOR FINISHED QUILT ARE AVAILABLE FROM Quilters' Heritage Celebration, P.O. BOX 503, CARLINVILLE, IL. 62626. THE COST IS $9.00 PER PACKET ($7.00 PLUS $2.00 POSTAGE). ADDITIONAL FABRIC IS AVAILABLE IN ˝ YD. PIECES AT $7.00 (WITH $2.00 POSTAGE) (MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO “YES MAM!”® MAMMOGRAM CHALLENGE).
“Yes Mam!”® Mammogram Challenge Project is a registered trademark of BARBER DIVERSIFED, and may not be used without written permission and credit.
Revised 10/05.
“YES MAM!”® MAMMOGRAM CHALLENGE
RULES
1. Additional fabrics may be commercial, dyed or painted as you choose.
2. Minimum dimensions for the quilt are 40” x 40”.
3. The quilt may be any shape and pattern.
4. The quilt must contain at least a 12” x 12” piece (minimum total of all pieces used in design) of “YES MAM!”® fabric.
5. The “Yes Mam!”® fabric must be used on the front of the quilt.
6. The completed owner label that is a part of the challenge kit must be secured to the back of the quilt. Viewing the quilt from the back, the label should be placed in the lower left corner.
7. All quilts must have a generous (minimum 4”) sleeve for hanging.
8. “YES MAM!”® Challenge quilts must have been made (completed )since 2000. Fundraising must be completed.
9. Entered quilts must be accompanied by proof of fundraising/donation. This may be a photocopy of both sides of the cancelled donation check, or the original of a letter on recipient facility letterhead paper, signed by the head of the recipient imaging facility or program, and stating the donated total.
TIMETABLE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2007: Completed entry form AND 2 slides of quilt (full, and close up showing use of “YES MAM!”® fabric), must be in hand at QUILTERS' HERITAGE CELEBRATION, P.O. Box 503, Carlinville, IL. 62626. Although this is not a juried event, only those quilts submitted first in slide form will be accepted for the show. Slides will NOT be returned.
FRIDAY, March 10, 2007 (not before): All entrants will be notified and instructed on sending the quilts for judging. If you have had your kit for a while, please contact us for label information—not all kits were sent with new labels.
FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2007: Quilts must be received by Quilters' Heritage Celebration in Lancaster, PA. Complete mailing address and shipping instructions will be sent with notification of acceptance.
If you have further questions or want to declare you and/or your group in--just contact us here at the QHC office at rbbarber@qhconline.com
© Copyright 2006 by Quilters'
Heritage Celebration
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