House of Refuge

October 17, 2009 We spent a
lovely three hours at the House of
Refuge on Saturday. Jim
McCormick and all the other
volunteers were so welcoming and
pleased to have us there. This first
Saturday was a shakedown since
there was also a wedding reception
that was being set up. But in spite
of the small notice in the
Community Goings On in the Stuart
News, there were a number of folks
who stopped by specifically to see
the quilters. And this was even with
a downpour late in the morning.
The site is beautiful and it is most
pleasant to sit in one of their
rocking chairs looking out on the
water. We hope more of you will
join us for the next demonstration
day on Saturday, November 21. We
have lots of ideas for the two quilts
we will do for the House. Please let
us know if you are interested in any
aspect of this project.

September We had a great meeting last week with Amy Christiansen, Development
Director for the Elliott Museum, and Jim McCormick, Keeper of the House of Refuge
Museum. They are working very hard to develop new community relationships and would
like us to help educate the visitors to the museum about the importance of the women who
helped keep the life saving stations. We talked with them about helping with a Saturday
morning demonstration for visitors. We also discussed the possibility of designing and
making a quilt that could be used as an educational tool and then raffled off. By the time we
were done, they weren’t sure they’d want to see it go. We will do more in the coming weeks
to clarify what they want and to see whether we have members who would be interested in
working on such a project. Please give it some thought and let us know whether you might
be interested.