Yesterday was a wonderful day for our group. We Care-Quilts for kids. We delivered 27 quilts to Ronald Mc Donald House.
We set off from Myrtleford on our journey bound for Melbourne at 8am, not as sharp as hubby the driver wanted as one lady was a little late.It was a cold and foggy morning but the feeling in the bus was warm and happy. There were 10 of us including Hubby the driver and the hubby of an elderly lady as she was worried about leaving him home alone so we took him along.
Hubby said about two hours along the Hume highway on our way to Melbourne there was a Mc Donalds and he thought that was a good place to stop for our morning cuppa,he of course was thinking of the sausage mc muffin he could have. We all tried telling him he was wrong but you know men. Well when we arrived at where he thought the Mc Donalds was he realised he was wrong. But never mind we all had some lovely goodies to share with him and he didn't go hungry.
After a short break we were off again, and before long we were on the outskirts of Melbourne. Despite a few nearly wrong turns we found the street with not too many hassles. The staff were waiting for us with a lovely light lunch and a very welcome attitude. We were treated to lunch and two DVDs about the house and then a tour of the houses. It is a series of terrace houses two turned into accommodation which hold 37 rooms and 2 isolation rooms. They all are well equipped with everything you would need in a home away from home.
We presented them with the quilts and then we gave them a wall hanging to hang where they would like. And soon (almost 3 hours later) it was time to head for home we had a 3 1/2 hour journey ahead of us. Loaded up with our smiles and two huge platters of left overs we waved goodbye boarded our little bus and we headed for home.
We arrived home happy and tired after a wonderful day. I will share some photos with you all. There is one that looks like a tree. They call it the tree of life. It is absolutely beautiful. It is some beautiful polished wood for the trunk with gold leaves each one engraved with the name of someone or some company that has donated something to the houses and we were told we would be added.
So now our work begins all over again. We have 5 children locally who are suffering serious or life threatening diseases and we have promised them quilts then we will begin some more for Ronald Mc Donald house as we told them we will be bringing more soon.
Unfortunately there will be no end to the need for our quilts as long as there are sick children.
I hope you have enjoyed sharing part of our journey over the past ten months and I will be keeping you informed of our progress.
