blog story by Merrill Petersen (seen here in Kenya with a friend)
Sarah Reidel, from Melbourne Australia, has been the significant force behind a recent generous donation to African Kids In Need.
Thanks to her quilting club, affectionately known as "The Angels", and their desire to help send Kenyan children to school, Sarah has made a difference in this world.
Sarah (pictured in the green top in the photo on the left), her mum, three aunts, and a few friends meet every six weeks to work on one another's quilts. After visiting Nairobi about a year ago and meeting some of the children in the A.K.I.N. program, Sarah returned home and decided to get the Angels involved in helping. Shortly thereafter a beautiful, special quilt was created. The ladies enthusuastically pursuaded family and friends to buy "lucky tickets" to raffle it off. About $600 was raised through this effort. A few weeks later, at her grandfather Basil's 80th birthday party, he encouraged guests to match the money that had been raised through the raffle. As a result of both gallant efforts, A.K.I.N. has just received a total of $1200 which is enough money to send a Kenyan child to high school for one year.
Thank you to Sarah, the Angels, Basil and all their friends and family for this generous gift.
Happy (belated) Birthday, Basil!
The quilt that was auctioned.
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