To see the details and stories of our wonderful quilts, click on the year:
2006 raised $ 1140
2007 raised $ 2055
2008 raised $ 2106
2009 raised $ 2,244
2010 raised $ 2,222.22
The Story of the StorySave Quilt
The StorySave quilt has become a tradition with Storytellers of Canada-Conteurs du Canada. The first quilt was made in 2002 by T.A.L.E.S. (The Alberta Association for Telling and Encouraging Storytelling) as a project to raise money for SC-CC's StorySave project. Raffle tickets were sold at a number of events and at the national conference. It was such a success that Pearl-Ann Gooding called upon storytellers across the country to contribute a square to the next quilt. There has been a quilt every year since then except in 2005, when a Silent Auction was held instead at the conference in Calgary.
Here is Pearl Ann in action on the right, rallying people at the Annual Meeting in Halifax to buy tickets. Pearl Ann challenged everyone to help reach the target of $1000 worth of tickets sold, and aided and abetted by Mary-Eileen McClear of Baden, Ontario (right), succeeded. Pearl-Ann is hard to resist.
The Quilt would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work of Pearl-Ann. A big Thank You to Pearl Ann for all her hard work coordinating quilters and assembling the quilt.
Here is Pearl-Ann wearing her wonderful "Family Ties" jacket tailored by her mother from ties collected from family members. It is a coat of many stories. A big THANKS to Pearl Anne!
We don't have photos or stories until 2006, but here is Dunc Shields telling a story in front of the 2005 quilt won by Kevin MacKenzie at a house concert at Kevin's.
Last updated Aug 7, 2009
