Calendar of Events - QuiltersByTheSea.com

Volume XIX, Issue 4
April 2010
PROGRAMS
Marilyn Pond
April 8, 2010 Quilters by the Sea will host Bella
Bella quilt designer Norah McMeeking. Norah has
been teaching quilt making since 1991 for the
adult education division of the community college
in Santa Barbara. Norah’s personal interests are landscape quilts and
challenging piecing. To learn more about this truly gifted quilter visit her
website www.bellabellaquilts.com.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Date
Speaker
Speaker’s Topic
May 13, 2010
Speaker’s Website
Past Presidents Quilt Display and QBS Birthday
Celebration Appetizer Potluck
June 10, 2010
Patricia Pepe
Buried Treasures
www.patriciapepe.com
July 8, 2010
Lorraine Torrence
Design Principles for Quilters!
www.lorrainetorrence.com
Book Review
Norah McMeeking’s Bella Bella Quilts
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Step-by-step directions make it easy to create stunning, unusual quilts
Photos of Italy’s glories add inspiration
Let the beauty of the Italian Renaissance inspire crafters to create eight magnificent
quilts based on classic mosaics. There innovative projects use familiar shapes in new
combinations - clearly explained with step-by-step directions, photos, and illustrations for stunning results. Every quilter will want to travel to Renaissance Italy with Bella
Bella Quilts.
Calendar of Events
April 3, 5pm
Sew So Late
Sew Vac Ltd. ***
April 8, 7pm
General Meeting
Norah McMeeking
Simple Steps to
Sensational Borders
Lakewood Church *
April 10, 9am
Workshop
Norah McMeeking
Cosmati Rings I
Lakewood Church *
April 11, 10am
Community Relations
Bunney Hutch **
April 15, 6:30pm
Board Meeting
Lakewood Church *
April 17, 5pm
Sew So Late
Bunney Hutch **
April 24, 5pm
Sew So Late
Sew Vac Ltd. ***
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* First Baptist Church of
Lakewood
5336 E. Arbor Road
Long Beach, CA
** Bunney Hutch
Quilt and Sew
4478 Cerritos Ave.
Los Alamitos, CA
714.226.9647
*** Sew Vac Ltd.
1764 Clark Ave.
Long Beach, CA
562.498.6684
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Workshop Corner
Kasey Egelus and Alice Roberts
QBS quilters pushed the barrier of the four-patch at the March 13, workshop. Billie Lauder demonstrated,
shared, and provided hands on assistance. We learned how to press in a Four-Patch Spiral. This is also known
as “Tweaking”. We didn’t stop at the four-patch, we sewed on and made them scrappy. Our machines hummed
along as we took our charm packs and made a “tube” and, with our rotary cutters, made a stack of “Scrappy”
four-patches. Within the first hour we heard comments from attendees that what they learned in the first hour
was well worth the price of admission. We had a full house; our 4 new workshop attendees and the many
seasoned QBS members filled the room with laughter, 4, 6, 9 and even 16 patches. With each new Billie Lauder
technique we marveled at what else we could do. Not only did we learn how to use “Layer Cake Fabric” we
shared birthday cake with the birthday girl of the day - our President, Sonia Das.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
Date
Teacher
Class
April 10, 2010
Norah McMeeking
Cosmati Rings I
May 15, 2010
Rose Hughes
Fast-Piece Appliqué
June 12, 2010
Patricia Pepe
The Value of Snails
July 10, 2010
Lorraine Torrence
Collage Curves Mini Quilt
Unless otherwise stated, fees are $30 for members and $40 for non-members.
As many of our guild members have allergies, please do not wear perfume/cologne or bring anything scented, such
as Mary Ellen’s Best Press, to the workshops. Your co-operation in making these gatherings a pleasure for all is
much appreciated.
Community Baby Shower
May 20, 2010
Several years ago, Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske, a Registered Nurse Practitioner,
started the "Community Baby Shower" to provide a "basic going-home newborn kit" for lowincome mothers to use after they gave birth in our local hospitals. The "newborn kits" were
used by the Public Health Nurses as incentives to give to expectant mothers who completed
a pre-natal care and educational program. This ensures a healthier outcome for their pregnancy.
This will mark the third year in a row that QBS has participated in this Community Baby Shower. Our
donations have always been gratefully and enthusiastically received and the Guild is always personally
thanked and acknowledged at the event.
Please donate baby items for the “newborn kits”:
(sorry, no baby bottles as the Nurses are trying to encourage breast feeding)
Diapers
Diaper Bags
Baby Wipes
Bibs
Booties
Socks
PJs Or Gowns
Blankets
Shirts
Infant Hats
Please bring your donations to the Community Relations table at the QBS meeting on May 13, 2010.
Community Relations will deliver the donations to the Councilwoman’s office on the morning of May 14,
2010.
For more information, please contact: Tiffany Andrews in the Office of Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske:
562 570-6932 or email:district5@longbeach.gov
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President’s Corner
Sonia Das
March was certainly a fun month thanks to Billie Lauder and her inspiring tips and tricks that
transformed the simplest of blocks into something sensational!
El Tigre
I would like to welcome, albeit belated, all of our New Members to Quilters by the Sea. I hope
that you have many years of fun and friendship with us. Please take workshops, come to Sew-So-Late, and help out
with Community Relations as well as participating in all of the Intraguild activities. Better yet, please consider
volunteering for a board position or helping out with a committee; it’s a quick and easy way to get to know the Guild
and your fellow quilters better!
I would like to thank Grace Boughner and Sandy Szladek for volunteering as Opportunity Quilt 2011 Co-Chairs. They
are finalizing designs for the new quilt and will need help from the membership in terms of fabric donations and block
construction. Please keep an eye for more information.
Vacant Positions
We are now down to one (1) vacant position! Please consider helping us out!
Parliamentarian
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Makes sure we do things properly (according to the bylaws and standing rules) at general and board meetings
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Chairs the Nominating Committee and helps find candidates to run for office
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Conducts the election in September
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Without a Parliamentarian, either the present board continues ad infinitum next year or the guild grinds to a halt
so QBS really needs a volunteer or volunteers in this position.
If you have questions or concerns, please call me at 562-429-4477 or email me at soniadas@yahoo.com.
Looking forward to seeing all of you next month!
Community Relations
Randy Miller
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We had a great Community Relations workshop at the
Bunney Hutch on Sunday, March 14. We made several kits
with our newest pattern, Trip Around The Worm, which will
be available at the April guild meeting.
We now have fifty-four completed quilts and afghans, and
several completed tops and quilts needing only binding. Be
sure to check at the Community Relations table during the
next meeting to pick up a project.
Since we are inviting several Charities to our May
birthday guild meeting, please bring any completed quilts you
may have to our April meeting so we can have time to sort
them for distribution in May.
Our next Community Relations workshop at the Bunney
Hutch will be on Sunday, April 11, please come and join us.
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60%
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21%
Our goal
this year
is to
donate
260
quilts.
We
currently
have 54.
That’s
21% we are
off to a
great
start.
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Show ‘N Tell (aka, Shown ‘n Told!)
Katherine Gaines
Thanks to Deb Cardinale for her great pictures. , See them up close at www.photobucket.com. Sign in using
“QBSPhotos”. The password is “quilting”.
Randy Miller
presented
Easy
Fractured
Nine Patch,
using
beautiful
Asian
fabrics.
Laura Brown
attended the
Melinda
Bula
workshop
and was
inspired by
her Flower
quilt.
Kasey Egelus
showed this
wonderful
flower quilt,
a gift to
quilter Anne
Dutton,
recovering
from surgery.
Bright Circles is Sandy
Szladek's colorful quilt.
It began as a Camp
Watch-A-Patcher project.
Then she shared her
finished project, Bright
Hearts and this Trip
Around the World was
made from batik blues.
Jerilee
Malley
will give
Sugar
and Spice
to her
friend,
with love.
Ann Lebovitz
scaled down the
2009 Block of the
month quilt, with
fantastic results.
She also created
this charming
Little Ballerina.
Kayleen Leone shared one
of her latest Community
Relations quilts. It's easy
to see why these gifts are
treasured by those who
receive them.
Beth Shibley shows Baby
Blue and Scrappy Spiral
Log Cabin. Leaves danced
around this beautiful work
of hers.
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Dean Lund remembered the
southwest in his quilt, Sleeping in
Santa Fe.
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Randy Miller
Here is the information regarding the next SCCQG meeting. I will be going and if anyone would like to ride
with me, please let me know. Also if anyone is going to the meeting and not riding with me, please let me
know. The Citrus Belt Quilters would like to know how many quilters to plan for as they will be feeding us.
When
Saturday, April 10, 2010, 10:00 to 12:00 AM
Host
Citrus Belt Quilters - United Methodist Church of Yucaipa, 35177 Beach Avenue, Yucaipa, CA 92399
Topic
Philanthropy and Community Outreach - Local, Regional, and Worldwide
Speakers
Community Service Projects - Marguerette Tate of Citrus Belt Quilters
Los Angeles Veteran’s Quilt Project - Karen Van Den Brink of San Fernando Valley Quilt Association
Home of the Brave Quilt Project - Cathy Kreter of Citrus Belt Quilters
Door Organizer
Thank you Rose Aldape for sending in this
free project. Looks like this would be a great
item to make for the Quilt Show boutique.
http://www.friendsatfestival.com/Newsletter/
Spring2010_FREELOADING_files/Door%
20Hanger%20Pattern.pdf
The National Quilt Museum holds Quilt Appraisal Day
Paducah, KY – The National Quilt Museum will offer a Quilt Appraisal Day for
the public from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 18, 2010.
Nationally known appraiser Gerald Roy of Warner, N.H., will be offering
professional assessments of quilts both new and old. Each appraisal consists of a
description of the quilt in terms of pattern, fabrics, techniques, quality of
construction, condition, confirmation of information known by the current owner,
replacement value and an approximate date of quilt
For More Information: http://www.americanquilter.com/quilt_world/news_view.php?id=130
2009 Opportunity Quilt - Winner
Sonia Das
The winner of our
2009 Opportunity
Quilt is Anne,
mother-in-law of QBS
member Virginia
Cunea.
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If you see a FREE
PROJECT on the
internet, and you
think the membership
might enjoy it, please
send the link to me.
Thank you, Patti.
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QBS 2010 Quilt Show
Kathleen Lisenby and Connie Higgins
It's that time again…time to gear up for our quilt show in 2011. I know how eager and willing all of you are to
sign up to head a committee. So, look over the brief descriptions below and decide which one you are most
interested in. Then contact Connie Higgins or Kathleen Lisenby with your choice. We have operators waiting to
take your calls. But wait…be one of the first 5 to sign up and you will receive…
We are making every attempt to have the show in late March, early April of 2011.
Acquisitions – Receive and return quilts before and after the show. Coordinate with Programs and Layout
chairpersons.
Admissions/Ticket Sales – Set-up advance ticket sales, complementary tickets, and handle entry/admissions.
Auction – Collect and organize items to be auctioned. Oversee and conduct auction at the quilt show.
Layout – Plan placement and layout of the quilt show floor. Coordinate with Acquisitions, Rental and Vendor
chairpersons.
Rentals – Coordinate with all committees for rental needs. Order and coordinate with Rental Company. (Pipe/
Drape, tables, chairs, etc.)
Opportunity/Raffle – Collect, organize and present items to be raffled. Set-up, sell tickets, organize and oversee
raffle.
Programs – Coordinate with Acquisitions for quilt info. Print and distribute programs.
Signs – Coordinate with all committees for signage needs. Create and post.
Publicity – Create and distribute flyers to guilds, shows, shops, etc. Send to and get info published in various
media outlets.
Awards/Ribbons/Labels – Purchase or create and make awards for each category represented. Purchase the
“Quilt shown at…” labels.
Staffing – Recruit, schedule and coordinate staffing needs for set-up, take down, white glove, security, etc.
Vendors – Recruit, schedule and coordinate with various shops and sellers to be present at our show. Coordinate
with Layout, Rental and Door Prize chairpersons.
Connie
562 244-5174
fishwoman_90804@yahoo.com
Kathleen
562 598-4698
kmcgilisenby@charter.net
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Intraguild Fun Stuff
Kayleen Leone
Hot! Hot! Hot! The Guild Basket offers many items for purchase, including t-shirts, polo shirts and
sweatshirts. The good news is that you can preorder the color, style and size of your choice! They
come with the QBS logo embroidered on the front and some items can be personalized with your name.
A small deposit is required when you place an order. Just stop by our table at the meeting or contact
Brandi Kelly-Contreras at 714/374-1782 for further details.
It’s spring cleaning time. If you have items from your fabric stash or other sewing supplies that you’d
like to donate we can sure use them for our monthly raffles. We rely heavily on donations to make up
the various gifts that we raffle at the meetings and we truly appreciate all the donations we’ve already
received. Just stop by to see Susan Wheeler and Jan Hinman at the raffle table to drop off any
donations you can give us.
We are in month three already of our block of the month – A Season for Quilting. But it’s not too late
to join the program for a total cost of only $15 for the entire year. Even if you start now you will get all
the monthly patterns. The blocks are very easy to make so you’ll be caught up with the rest of us in no
time! Come see the beautiful sample made by Grace Boughner and sign up today.
Sunshine and Shadows
Our prayers are with:
Linda Fowler and her husband, Chuck, who is recovering from surgery.
Barbara Winkler who broke her foot.
REMEMBER TO . . .
Pack your Show & Tell items.
Wear your name badge.
Bring a friend.
Come early and sign-in.
Bring change for the raffle.
Silence your cell phones.
Bring your projects from previous
workshops.
Make a new friend and introduce yourself to
one of our many new members and guests.
Bring goodies if it is your birthday month.
HAVE FUN - AND LOTS OF IT!!
Bring your own coffee cup.
Clean up your area as you leave.
Return your library books.
Drive safe.
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Contests
Win $500 Cash in the African Folklore Embroidery
Challenge!
Entry forms and submission information are available online
at www.aflembroidery.com. Winner will receive $500 cash.
Submitted entries will be on display at the International Quilt
Festival in Long Beach, July 22-25th. Winner will be
announced July 23rd. Questions contact: Leora Raikin info@aflembroidery.com or 818 999-6094. Entry form
along with completed piece needs to be submitted no later than July 10th 2010.
2010 AAQ Quilt Contest: Deadline May 31, 2010.
Calling all quilt makers! The Alliance for American Quilts
invites you to enter "New from Old", a contest for all ages
that celebrates the past in the frame of the
present. The Grand Prize this year is a Handi
Quilter HQ Sixteen Quilting Machine for Sit-Down Use! There are many other incredible
prizes to entice you and the best incentive is helping the AAQ. All contest entries are a donation
to the annual AAQ eBay auction. Visit the "New from Old" contest page for complete
information and a downloadable entry form - http://www.allianceforamericanquilts.org/
JOIN THE CELEBRATION!
The American Quilt Study Group
(AQSG), a non-profit organization
dedicated to preserving the history of quilts and quilt making, is turning 30! We invite you to join the celebration
by participating in a nationwide block challenge called “30s for 30” (see details below). For every 30 blocks
received, one person’s name will be drawn to win those blocks. To learn more about AQSG and our annual
Seminar, please visit our website at www.americanquiltstudygroup.org. Happy quilting!
30s for 30 QUILT BLOCK CHALLENGE - Deadline for submitting blocks is Oct. 1, 2010.
Send your blocks and payment (checks made payable to AQSG) to: AQSG ’30s for 30 c/o Paula Pahl, 9204
Sugarstone Circle, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130. Be sure to include your name, address and phone number.
Questions? Contact Paula at the address above or email: paulapahl@q.com; phone: 303-204-2821.
JOIN THE CELEBRATION!
The QSC Expos, Quilting, Stitches and Crafts Expo will be held at the Grand Sierra Resort
in Reno NV, June 24-26, 2010. Workshops will begin on June 23rd.
Be sure to check our website at www.qscexpos.com for updates and additional information
as well as the quilt contest entry form and a show coupon.
Public information: 775.971.9266, info@qscexpos.com
Deadline for entry is May 24, 2010.
Websites Recommended by QBS Members
Pat Adair recommends http://www.daystyledesigns.com/365project.htm - 365 Free Motion Quilting Filler Projects
Betsy Morgan recommends http://quiltvisions.org/ for more information about Quilt Visions, a San Diego Quilt
Museum.
Sonia Das recommends http://www.blockposters.com/ where you can take an image and enlarge it. Great for
those appliqué patterns you want to resize.
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FMI = For More Information
Feb. 5 - April 25
California Fibers: Liminal Spaces. Quilt Visions Gallery. 2825 Dewey Road, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92106. Tues. - Sun. 10-4.
Closed Monday and all major holidays. FMI: quiltvisions.org, 1.619.546.4872
April 9-10
Mountain Top Quilters Quilt Show - Pieced Memories, Old & New. Yavapai College Gym, 1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott, AZ. $5.
Lite Lunch available on site. FMI: www.mountainopquilters.com
April 9-10
15th Annual - The Best of the Valley Quilt Show. Fri. - Sat., 9-5, Sun. 9-4. McDermont Field House, 365 N. Sweet Brier, Lindsay,
CA 93247. $10/day, $15/3-day pass. Children under 12 free with an adult. FMI: Suzanne Kistler, 559.625.5430,
www.botvquilts.com
April 9-11
Best of the Valley Quilt Show. Fri. - Sat., 9-5, Sun. 9-4. McDermont Field House, 365 N. Sweet Brier, Lindsay, CA. FMI:
psaada@aol.com, www.botvquilts.com
April 9-11
Conference of Northern California Handweavers (CNCH) - A World of Creativity. Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA.
FMI: www.cnch.org.
April 10-11
East Bay Heritage Quilters - Voices In Cloth. Oakland Convention Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA. $10 for both days,
children 5-10 $3, children under 5 free, Advance Tickets $8. FMI: EBHQ.org, voices_in_cloth@yahoo.com, Margo Weeks
510.233.6771
April 10-11
Foothill Quilters Guild - You Oughta be in Pictures. Gold Country Fairgrounds, 1273 High St., Auburn, CA. $7. FMI:
livewhyre@usamedia.tv, maryleedrake@sbcglobal.net, 530.272.6727, www.foothillquilters.org
April 17-18
Quilters Sew-Ciety of Redding, Inc - Festival of Quilts Quilt Show. Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-4. Shasta District Fairgrounds, Highway 273,
Anderson. FMI: www.quilterssewciety.org
April 24-25
Associated Quilt Guilds of the Central Coast Present - Seven Sisters Quilt Show. Sat. 9-5, Sun. 9-4. Alex Madonna Expo Center,
100 Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo, CA. $7/1 day pass, $10/2day pass. FMI: www.aqgcc.org
May 1-2
Camarillo Quilters Association Quilt Show - Quilting By the Sea. Sat. - Sun. 10-5. $8. Seaside Park, Ventura County Fairgrounds,
10 Harbor Blvd., Ventura, CA. Advanced tickets $5 at www.camarilloquilters.org. FMI: bikemag@roadrunner.com,
www.camarilloquilters.org
May 1-2
TLC Quilters Biennial Quilt Show. Sat. 9:30-5, Sun. 10-4. Covina Woman’s Club, 128 S. San Jose Ave., Covina, CA. FMI:
lauragraniteware@yahoo.com, tlcquilters.org
May 22
Antelope Valley Quilt Guild Home Tour. 10-4. Starting point is Stanley Kleiner Activity Center, Lancaster City Park at 43011 N. 10th
St. W, Lancaster, CA 93536. $15 (includes snacks, water bottles, mystery quilt pattern). Free Parking. FMI:
longarmdarla@yahoo.com, www.avqa.org
June 3-6
Traveling Quilters. Temecula Quilt-Away Retreat at Vina de Lestonnac. FMI: pam@travelingquilters.com, www.travelingquilters.com
June 4-6
Central Coast Quilt Shop Tour. 11 participating quilt shops. Fri. - Sat. 9-7, Sun. 10-5. FMI: www.centralcoastquiltshops.com
June 5-6
Beach Cities Quilt Guild presents FantaSea of Quilts Quilt Show. SOKA University, 1 University Dr., Aliso Viejo. FMI:
sandycquilts@aol.com, www.beachcitiesquilters.org.
June 17-20 & 24-27
Southern California Quilters Run. 38 participating quilt shops throughout Los Angeles and San Diego areas. FMI: quiltersrun.com
July 11-15
Orange County Quilters Guild - Camp Watch-A-Patcher. Vanguard university, Costa Mesa, CA. Registration Opens January 12,
2010 at 10pm. FMI: www.campwatchapatcher.org, director_cwap2010@yahoo.com
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Library News
Rose Aldape & Caroline Finnley
Come by and view “Cosmati Rings I” in Norah McMeeking “Bella Bella Quilts” book.
Norah will introduce ring foundation piecing using her techniques. This book features 8
designs. Norah indicates that beginners can make her ring quilts using her clever tricks.
We thank Billie lauder for donating one of her most popular trick books “Quick Quilt
Tricks”. The QBS Library now has 3 of her trick books, “Beyond Rail Fence”, “Quick
Quilt Tricks”, and “More Quick Quilt Tricks”. Billie has a knack for making quilt making
easy for all levels of quilters. At last month’s workshop Billie offered many helpful techniques and tricks. It was a
pleasure! Come by and visit your QBS Library.
Thank you for all your support.
New Library Books
More Quick Tricks (3rd ed) by Billie Lauder
The Thimbleberries Guide for Weekend Quilters by Lynette Jensen
Here is some of the information from the fact sheet. For
full details, go to http://www.quiltsforkids.org/
Mission Statement: Quilts for Kids, Inc. transforms discontinued, unwanted and other fabrics into
quilts that comfort children in need. These children are fighting a life battle with cancer, AIDS, and
other serious illnesses. We also gift to children of abuse. Our goal is to link design centers and other
fabric sources nationwide to their communities, so that children in need in those regions may be
served.
Date of Founding & Type: August, 2000; 501(c)3 charitable organization.
Number of quilts made & distributed: (as of 2010): Tens of thousands distributed worldwide.
Fabric saved from landfill: (as of 2010): many millions of pounds and counting.
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Volunteering in Haiti - February 6 - 15
Tiana Melis
I was honored to have the opportunity to travel to Haiti to help with
medical relief in the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake. I am a
paramedic and I traveled with a team of twelve others from the Los
Angeles area that included two doctors, many nurses, a structural
engineer, and a Haitian-born pastor from Las Vegas. We brought with
us sixteen large suitcases containing medical supplies and muchneeded antibiotics. Our team flew to the Dominican Republic via Fort
Lauderdale, as the airport in Port au Prince was still not open to
commercial aircraft. After 48 hours of travel, we finally arrived at the
US embassy in Port au Prince, Haiti.
Driving through the streets of Port au Prince was a shock to say the
Picture from July, 2009
least. No amount of news coverage of the quake could have prepared me
Show and Tell
for what we saw. It seemed like every single building in the city was
damaged by the quake somehow. Entire neighborhoods were flattened. Children played
unsupervised in partially collapsed structures. As we approached the center of the city, we
saw the partially destroyed president's palace, and across the street we saw tent city. The
entire center of the city is occupied by families of Haitians displaced by the quake. Many live
in tents, and those who don't have tents (or bed sheets to string up on ropes) are sleeping in
the streets. The sick and hungry are everywhere. They come out in droves to throng those
who may be able to give them food or water.
We were picked up at the embassy by a bus to travel the short distance to the city of
Titanyen, where we would be working with a relief organization called Mission of Hope (MOH).
As we made the drive to MOH, we passed the mass graves in which countless numbers of
Haitians killed in the quake are buried. Most were buried without even being identified, and
families were left to assume that their missing family members were most likely dead.
A young man named Reuben escorted us on the bus to MOH. I began talking to him and
found out that he is a 23 year old pastor. I asked him where he was during the earthquake,
and he told me that he was in class at his Bible College with 67 fellow student pastors. When
the quake hit, the roof of the building collapsed. Reuben and his best friend were crushed.
When the roof fell, however, Reuben's friend fell on top of him, so that his body shielded
Reuben from some of the impact of the roof. Reuben's friend was killed instantly. For six
hours, Reuben was lying on the ground under the dead body of his friend and the crushing
weight of the roof. He told me that he struggled to breathe and came close to giving up.
Finally a stranger arrived and dug him out. Reuben was one of only twelve young pastors who
escaped with 56 of his friends dead in the rubble. Reuben's story is not unique. Every
Haitian I met on the trip had a story like Reuben's. They had lost their entire family or most
of their friends, their house and all their possessions.
Upon our arrival at Mission of Hope, my team was dispatched to set up mobile clinics in
the more remote mountainous areas surrounding Port au Prince. Many of these people, due
to lack of transportation, had not received medical care since the quake, and most had not
received regular medical care in at least six months.
As a paramedic, I was separated from my team and
assigned to work on the MOH ambulance, affectionately
called "Haiti One". There is no organized emergency
response system in Haiti, so most of the work I did
involved transporting critical patients between hospitals
so they could get the care they needed. The hospitals
and clinics surrounding Port au Prince are all small and
full to capacity. Each hospital has limited services they
can provide. MOH, for example, does not have an X-ray
machine. Many other clinics have x-ray machines but no
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operating room. Patients would have to be shuttled to
another clinic for X-rays before surgery could be performed.
Many times this involved us waiting for hours with a
screaming child with a painful injury in the back of the hot
ambulance while we tried to beg a hospital or clinic to
perform an x-ray so the baby could have surgery. Often, in
order to persuade a hospital with no empty beds to take a
critical patient, we had to offer to take two or three patients
off their hands, whom we would return to MOH to their
already full makeshift hospital ward (housed in the school
building).
On Thursday, I had the privilege of joining my team to conduct a mobile clinic in a nearby
slum outside of Port au Prince. We saw a couple of emergency patients, but the majority of
people we saw were old, untreated earthquake wounds and illnesses like parasites, infections,
asthma, chronic bronchitis resulting from exposure to massive amounts of dust after the
quake, and diseases like Yellow Fever, Tuberculosis, Typhoid, and Malaria. Most people had
three or four things wrong with them at once. I worked in triage and we saw 224 patients in
one day. We ran out of supplies and antibiotics due to the general shortage. It was
heartbreaking to see the doctors have to decide who would get the antibiotics and which
would be sent home untreated. There were a number of children who were sick from eating
dirt or rocks because they were starving and didn't know better than to fill their tummies with
whatever was available.
My team treated over 650 people in their week of mobile clinics, and I was burdened as I
realized what a small drop in the bucket that was compared to the overwhelming need in Haiti
at this time. Medical care is scarce in Haiti at the best of times, and right now the shortage of
food and water, and cramped housing conditions, not to mention outstanding quake injuries
and infections, are causing problems over and above the "normal" need.
The last three days I was in Haiti, the president declared National Days of Prayer in
memorial to the one-month anniversary of the earthquake. The people of Haiti filled the
churches, and when there was no more room in the churches, they flooded the streets and an
outcry of prayer and song went up to the Lord.
Please pray for the people of Haiti. Pray that God would relieve their suffering, and ease
the pain in the hearts of those who have lost husbands and wives and children. This
rebuilding process is going to take many years. Haiti will
continue to need money and prayers and relief workers long
after the world has forgotten about this tragedy and moved on.
I have yet to fully process in my mind and heart all that God
taught me and opened my eyes to on this trip. I know that He
used our team in awesome ways, but I also know that we were
just a tiny cog in the wheel of relief and reconstruction that will
continue for many, many years. This is just the beginning for
Haiti. Hopefully it will be a new beginning for them.
Thank you all for your prayers.
Debra Keller
Linda Vandiver
Linda S. Cook
Linda Castle
Ruth Cox
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Robin Gallagher
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April 2010
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