Toowoomba Quilters Club is taking its needlework in a new direction by raising money for Emerge Youth Services.
At the Launch of the Club’s annual Charity Art Union, Toowoomba Quilters Club members heard about Emerge Youth Services from the organisation’s passionate CEO and Founder, Jen Shaw.
Founded in 2017, Emerge provides training, mentoring and practical life skills for disengaged and at risk youth.
Emerge Youth Services will be the beneficiary of proceeds from the Club’s 2022 Art Union.
Penny Hamilton, Chair of Emerge Board of Directors also spoke about her role with the Emerge Organisation.
Jen and Penny have inspired members to start selling tickets in the Quilt Art Union.
The prize is a beautiful Queen Bed quilt valued at approximately $3000.
Members who sell a book of tickets go into the draw for a bookseller’s prize.
Tickets will also be available at the Quilt Exhibition from 17th to 23rd September at a new venue, the Toowoomba Community Baptist Church, 100 Glenvale Road, Glenvale.
Visit the ‘Toowoomba Quilters Club Inc’ Facebook page for more Quilt Exhibition details or phone Exhibition Convenor Janice Becker on 0409 634 272.
This article appeared in On Our Selection News, 15 September 2022.
