Wrap-A-Smile - News

print this page

WRAP-A-SMILE 

HAS DISTRIBUTED OVER 

15,898 QUILTS 

(see fun facts below)

 We have received quilts from 

All 50 United States,

Canada, and Australia 

********************************************************************************* 

INFORMATION FOR QUILTERS

During the past few years we have learned some lessons

and offer these guidelines for your donations

 Ideal Size

40 x 48

(no smaller than 36x46 please)

 No Religious Fabrics

No Holiday Fabrics

(Quilts are going to foreign countries with different customs & religions)

No White Backing

Limit Use of Pure White

 (Feed back from the missions trips is that white represents death in some cultures)

Low Loft Batting Please

(Most quilts ship warm climates  also "puffy" quilts are hard to pack and ship)

Hand Tying

(For durability we prefer machine quilted, or minimum of 6 inches for ties)

Most of All

You are making a difference in the lives of children and families around the world.  

Thank you for your continued suppport of

Wells Rotary Wrap-A-Smile

********************************************************************************************

Fun Facts

Wrap-A-Smile and Football 

A football field measures 120 yards from goal post to goal post (or 360 feet)

And is 160 feet wide……..360 X 160 = 57,600 square feet                

If the average size quilt is 40 X 48.…that works out to 3.3 feet X 4 feet or

13.3 square feet each

57,600 square feet divided by 13.3 = 4331 quilts cover ONE FOOTBALL FIELD

15,898 quilts divided by 4331 (on one field) = 3.67 FOOTBALL FIELDS

Doing the math, our total for 2010 of Wrap-A-Smile quilts will cover 3.67 football fields from goal post to goal post !

I think this is easy to visualize than a number of  15,898!!!

***********************************************************

Rotaplast Chengde

From Brandon Espinosa, Rotaplast Headquarters

See Rotaplast & Wrap a Smile in Action

    You should see the videos, I think video 3 and 5 are the best

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptWks08tq_o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V296NlTF7J4&feature=related

or go to www.utube and reference Rotaplast Ethopia

*************************************************

It has come to our attention that a rumor was spreading we had too many quilts, and that some of the quilts, stockpiled in a warehouse in California, were sold for $1 each.  This is absolutely false!  The quilts are lovingly cared for by Wrap-A-Smile until they are needed.  They are packed and shipped to organizations only in the quantity that is needed for each upcoming mission. 

Occasionally we are given permission by a quilter to use their quilt as a raffle item.  When we do so the money raised is used to help pay for shipping costs and supplies or to financially support one of the upcoming missions.

*************************************************

Thank you to

DISTRICT 5080, an International District,  which encompasses, in part,  the south-eastern portion of British Columbia Canada has been supporting Wrap-A-Smile since Rotary's Centennial year. In 2008 quilters from Kimberley, Cranbrook, Creston, Nelson, Grand Forks, Nakusp, Beaver Valley and Salmo happily contributed 264 quilts to the cause... and more are coming.

**************************************************

Below is the article in the January 2004 issue of FAMILY CIRCLE magazine.

There is a correction to this article caption should read: Terry Hodskins (right) with quilting bees Bridget Burns and Beverly True.