Team Tiara

Hello Friends!

Please take a second to forward this to any quilters who you know.

We are so excited about our Quilts for a Cure project! Team Tiara is currently collecting pink quilts, and we need your help!

The quilts do not have to be a pink ribbon or breast cancer-related pattern — simply pink. They can be any size — from miniature on up to King-size.  They can be traditional, modern, crazy — you name it.  You can be an accomplished quilter or a beginner.   We simply need quilts that are as individual and different as the women and men who face breast cancer.

We plan to use many of the quilts we receive in a Quilts Calendar ready for sale before Mother’s Day.  The calendar will run May 2010 – December 2011.  Each “Artist’s Story” will be highlighted in the calendar.  You may be a survivor.  You may have lost a friend or family member to this disease.  You may just feel moved to help find a CURE.  Whatever your connection, we’d love to know about that.  If the quilt is submitted by a quilting circle, we need the names of everyone who worked on the quilt — as well as background on the circle. 

We hope to display several of the quilts in quilt shops around the area — along with information about breast cancer and Team Tiara’s participation in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure.  We will also be doing a road show this summer to promote the quilts and the calendar. 

All of the quilts will be auctioned online during the month of October — National Breast Cancer Awareness month. 

As you can see, this calendar will offer Team Tiara two opportunities for fundraising — ongoing sales of our calendars, as well as the online auction in October.  We foresee this being a significant source of fundraising dollars for breast cancer research.

In addition to the fundraising angle, this program gives us an excellent opportunity to not just raise awareness about breast cancer, but to serve as a call to action of sorts — encouraging people to step up and take a role in the fight against this disease — whether as a walker or as a sponsor.

If you are interested in helping with this project, you can contact me at dlyn@teamtiara.net or by phone at 281-256-8067.  . 

Thank you for helping us find a CURE.

I walk for my girls.

D’Lyn Biggs

Team Tiara Captain 2006-2010