Wednesday, October 15, 2003
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Wednesday, October 15, 2003 |
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Mennonite quilt show planned for Oct. 24, 25 in Fayetteville The fourth annual Peach Cobbler Mennonite Quilt Auction and Sale for World Relief is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24 and 25 at the Kiwanis Complex Exhibition Hall on Goza Road in Fayetteville. Admission is free and the public is welcome to attend all events. Mennonites from all over the southeast will participate in the event, bringing their quilts, handcrafts, baked goods,jams and jellies and, of course, peach cobblers. Activities begin at 7 p.m. Friday with a hymn sing and preview of the quilts and other items to be auctioned. Saturday will begin with a pancake and sausage breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Other activities throughout the day will include musical performances, quilting demonstrations, children’s activities and service projects. On sale will be food, crafts, canned and baked goods and homemade ice cream. A barbecue lunch with chicken, Brunswick stew and peach cobbler will be available on the grounds. The highlight of the day will be the auction at 10:30 a.m. that features hand and machine stitched and pieced quilts (traditional and contemporary), handmade afghans and comforters, woodcrafts and other handcrafts. All auctioned items have been created and donated by local quilters and crafters, Mennonites across the southeast and by Amish and Mennonites from across the country. “The gathering has a celebratory atmosphere that is part festival, part reunion, but all participants are keenly aware of the purpose,” a spokesperson said. “All proceeds from the sale will be directed to world relief through Mennonite service agencies.” The focus of this year’s Peach Cobbler Sale is the AIDS epidemic in Africa and the thousands of AIDS orphans left in its wake. Relief sales are unique celebrations organized by Mennonites across the United States and Canada to raise funds for needy people around the world. The sales benefit Mennonite Central Committee, a cooperative relief and service agency, founded in 1920.
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