We were astonished when Barbara and Scott Edwards came out to the ranch today for the 3rd annual quilt raffle drawing and handed over a check for a whopping $3,065! That was three times the planned ticket sales. We knew the quilt had drawn a lot of interest but we didn't quite realize how many people had bought raffle tickets from Barbara ... and how many people had bought lots of tickets. Holy cow. Thank you to all of you who made this raffle such an incredible success and blessing for the animals!
Alayne, with blind Austin the Beagle assisting and Barbara holding the basket, set about to draw the winning ticket. And the winner is ... (drum roll, please) ... Peggy S. of Tallahassee, Florida! Peggy is a regular blog reader who, it turns out, is also a quilter herself. When Alayne called Peggy this afternoon to tell her she had won the raffle, Peggy said she knew how much hard work Barbara had put into making a quilt like this. Peggy said not only was the quilt truly gorgeous, but she thought it was just wonderful that Barbara does this quilt raffle for the animals every year.
And Barbara asked us to thank everyone who had sent her such lovely notes and cards with their raffle ticket checks. She said she was really touched by the sentiments people had expressed.
Finally, our immense thanks and gratitude to Barbara for doing this phenomenal quilt -- what an amazing way to help the animals at the ranch.
Thank you all!
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One of our blog readers asked why we didn't let blind Callie into the cat house. I should have anticipated that question when I wrote the blog post! The reason is because some of the cats would react to an overly friendly and inquisitive Callie by slashing at her face with their claws. We wouldn't want her to get her eyes scratched or otherwise hurt. The cats in the cat house are not used to dogs milling about, unlike our barn cats. Blind Cinder, for one, actually attacks dogs. Now that's fearless!
I'm so glad that the limit was dropped on the amount of tickets sold so the RDR really got more money from the raffle! Barbara, you do such an act of love to make those gorgeous quilts & then donate them! Thank you so much for being so generous with your time & talent! Congrats to Peggy & thanks to everyone who purchased tickets to make this such a great gift to the fantastic RDR!
Big hugs to all,
ginger, Tobias & Tlingit
Posted by: ginger & Tobias (the greythound) | June 20, 2008 at 06:15 PM
Congratulations Peggy as well as RDR! What a priceless masterpiece you now possess. And Barbara, enough cannot be said in regards to the hard work, time, and care you put into this beautiful and so finely-detailed work of art! Thank you, Barbara, for your dedication and a thank you to all those that bought tickets (and those that tried) in support of Rolling Dog Ranch. What a great deal of positive change we can all make together!
Posted by: Rosemary | June 19, 2008 at 01:48 AM
WOW!
BIG BUCKS for RDR!
yay!
next time. i'll win the quilt...
i have all year to figure it out!
Posted by: darla magee | June 18, 2008 at 08:59 PM
Lucky Peggy!!! I've got quilt envy, but lots of joy for the amount raised for the Ranch! Yippee!!
Posted by: smrp | June 18, 2008 at 04:34 PM
Congratulations to Peggy!! Enjoy your wonderful, beautiful new quilt. I will win mine next year! hee hee.
Posted by: Barbara | June 18, 2008 at 01:52 PM
Peggy you hit the jackpot! You got a remarkably beautiful quilt. And of course RDR hit the jackpot - and as for me, I hit it every day reading about all these beautiful people and animals (even though my ticket didn't win). Thanks Barbara, Alayne, Steve, Austin, and ALL for these success stories. Would Austin do some serious rolling in the quilt?
Posted by: Angela | June 18, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Congratulations Peggy!! I am so jealous!! Enjoy your new quilt and thanks to everyone who bought tickets! I know all the animals thank you.
Posted by: laura | June 18, 2008 at 09:23 AM
The quilt will be mine next year. We have to keep the quilts coming to Florida for our chilly nights. 97 here today, too hot to snuggle under a quilt. Congrats to Peggy and to the ranch.
Posted by: Debbie | June 18, 2008 at 09:18 AM
Congrats to Peggy! She has a real treat coming her way and I'm sure she'll treasure the quilt since she quilts as well.
Thank you for helping out the animals again this year, Barbara. The bon apetit quilt is gorgeous! Can't wait to see what you design for next year.
Posted by: Boundforglory | June 18, 2008 at 09:11 AM
Oh Peggy you lucky dog!
Barbara you do beautiful work and I'll try again next year! Austin is such a cutie pie!
Posted by: Shirley * James * Portland, OR | June 18, 2008 at 04:05 AM