Tuesday is quilting day
If it’s Tuesday, ladies are quilting at Wilmington Lutheran Church in Arnegard. Pictured are Phylis Hystad, Margaret Eikren, Ida Harmon, Margaret Hovde, Gen Bruins and Carol Mjelstad as they lay out fabric. 
Ladies of Arnegard and Alexander Lutheran Parish meet every Tuesday to quilt for Lutheran World Relief, for people in the county who may have lost their homes to fire and for presentation to high school graduates who are members of the congregation(s). They sent quilts away last spring and resumed quilting Aug. 1, 2007. So far this winter they have 84 quilts prepared. They expect to send away more than 100 quilts this spring.
Lutheran World Relief is an international nonprofit organization that works to end poverty and injustice by empowering some of the world’s most impoverished communities to help themselves. With partners in 35 countries, LWR seeks to promote sustainable development with justice and dignity by helping communities bring about change for healthy, safe and secure lives.
The Horizons program in McKenzie County is just 16 months old, and is scheduled to end the end of June, 2008, compared to LWR, which has worked in international development and relief since 1945. However, the organizations are both nonprofit and work to end poverty.
Please read Our Vision statement on the right column at the top of this page by clicking on the words. You will see 22 strategies. Why not volunteer to help with one you favor most? Leave a comment to that extent, please.