Donors and Donations Archives - Page 4 of 5 - The Sewing Machine Project

Connection

by Margaret | Apr 30, 2015 | Donors and Donations, General, Stories machines carry | 1 comment

The email arrived like so many others, “I have a sewing machine to donate. I’d like more information.” And my reply was like so many others, “here’s a link to our website where there is information on collection sites. Thank you so...

Hope and Gratitude

by Margaret | Jan 29, 2015 | Donors and Donations, General | 1 comment

It’s a chilly day here in Wisconsin and there is a box that has been shifting around in the back of my car for about a week now. Boxes arrive at our neighborhood post office for The Sewing Machine Project on a regular basis– a yellow card in my PO Box...

The story continues…

by Margaret | Mar 15, 2011 | Donors and Donations, Founder's Musings, General, Stories machines carry | 0 comments

I received a machine and a generous financial donation today with this note… I am honored and humbled by any and all donations that we receive but some really strike me as they tell such a story. I love to imagine the story of a machine…the generations of...

In memory…

by Margaret | Sep 27, 2010 | Donors and Donations, Founder's Musings, General, Stories machines carry | 2 comments

Recently I’ve been receiving donations in memory of a woman named Viola Kraemer. I’ve never met Viola…and each time I receive a donation online or in the mail I find myself wanting to know more about her. Viola was a quilter in Minnesota and it is...

A wonderful memory

by Margaret | May 10, 2010 | Donors and Donations, General, Stories machines carry | 1 comment

I received a sewing machine in the mail last week and accompanying the machine was this letter: The enclosed sewing machine belonged to my sister-in-law, Wendy. For 2 1/2 years, Wendy fought the good fight in her battle with lymphoma of the central nervous system. I...

I feel so lucky

by Margaret | May 7, 2010 | Donors and Donations, General, Stories machines carry | 0 comments

I received a phone call this week from a woman who had read about the Sewing Machine Project in the newspaper. “Wow, I had a hard time tracking you down!”, she said. Apparently, she’d called the paper, called a collection site, talked with the...