Dunedin Quilters' Inspiration Nets $2,100 For Ukraine Relief

DUNEDIN, FL ? The Church of the Good Shepherd Prayer Quilters and Crafters (COGS Crafters) are a group of people who make prayer quilts and support the Dunedin church?s Pack-A-Sac program that assists in providing food security for local school children.

The group also holds craft fairs during at it sells items members have made throughout the year.

In late January, the members started to plan their first joint quilt for the year. This entailed choosing a pattern and the colors for the quilt blocks. They selected blue and yellow for the colors.

By the time the quilt was completed in March, the war in Ukraine had begun. The members felt their color choice (the colors of the Ukrainian flag) was God-inspired and wanted to use this quilt to assist the Ukrainian refugees. They decided to raffle off the quilt and send the money raised to the Episcopal Relief & Development?s Ukraine Crisis Response Fund.

They hoped to raise at least $500, and began selling raffle tickets in April to friends and family through Facebook and in-person sales at church, 639 Edgewater Drive, Dunedin.

They quickly reached their initial goal and sale continued. By the time the quilt was raffled off on Sunday, May 15, they'd raised more than four times their goal.

COGS Crafters were able to present a check to Episcopal Relief & Development?s Ukraine Crisis Response Fund for $2,100.