MONROE - What started as a chain letter with the hope of getting enough people to send and receive quilt blocks to be able to create a quilt has morphed into an amazing project.
Ladies from Tereesa Schroeder's quilting classes, which are held in March and October at the Monroe Senior Center, along with other area quilters, donate their time and talent to create beautiful purple quilts which are then distributed by Jo Hawthorn to local area residents who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Hawthorn is a volunteer and advocate for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and provides various opportunities for people to become educated and aware of this deadly cancer. The five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is just 9 percent and is the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
"Each person who dies from pancreatic cancer is a mother, daughter, father, son, colleague or friend. We fight for every one of them," Hawthorn said. "These quilting volunteers provide this service and feel it is a way they can help those who are fighting this disease."
To date, Hawthorn has distributed approximately eight quilts. Anyone interested in quilting or contributing to this project can contact Jo Hawthorn at 608-558-4679 or hawthorn@tds.net. To learn more about the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and the Madison Affiliate visit www.pancan.org.
Ladies from Tereesa Schroeder's quilting classes, which are held in March and October at the Monroe Senior Center, along with other area quilters, donate their time and talent to create beautiful purple quilts which are then distributed by Jo Hawthorn to local area residents who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Hawthorn is a volunteer and advocate for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and provides various opportunities for people to become educated and aware of this deadly cancer. The five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is just 9 percent and is the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
"Each person who dies from pancreatic cancer is a mother, daughter, father, son, colleague or friend. We fight for every one of them," Hawthorn said. "These quilting volunteers provide this service and feel it is a way they can help those who are fighting this disease."
To date, Hawthorn has distributed approximately eight quilts. Anyone interested in quilting or contributing to this project can contact Jo Hawthorn at 608-558-4679 or hawthorn@tds.net. To learn more about the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and the Madison Affiliate visit www.pancan.org.