This Years Work

  We are about to begin our third raffle and feel encouraged as more and more people are beginning to support us and this important work.

    Our goals are have been twofold; to raise money to help in this effort to defeat cancer and to raise peoples awareness about cancer. This year we are adding a third goal; to help those that have lost a loved one to do something in memory of that loved one.

    We have a new project and will be adding a new campaign. We are asking those who have lost a loved one to cancer, to donate a quilt in their memory and we will display these quilts online with a statement from the donor and sell these quilts. The proceeds will go to research centers.

How we Began

Frank Halden lost his wife Hallie-Jo in April of 2003 and decided that he needed to do something to end the suffering Hallie-Jo and he went through and that he saw many other families going through.

     Frank wanted to see curing Cancer go on the front burner and he began to map out a strategy to raise money and awareness. This project began to take shape in his mind and developed into Quilt4 Cancer.

     The idea was to raise money and awareness and Frank decided to use what he knew. He had been taught by Hallie-Jo to sew and tie quilts. Frank, also knew that a large portion of the money being raised by Cancer organizations goes to administration and not to research. He decided he would build a quilt and sell chances online to raise money and awareness. This new way of using the internet and his Quilt-making gift from Hallie-Jo would help him to raise money with very little administative cost and almost all the money going to research.

     Frank began to talk to people he knew about the project, often citing statistics, to show people how important this work is. The statistics and the honest simplicity of Frank's project made so much sense that people and tools began to fall into place.

      Join us, to defeat this grave and difficult advisary, buy a ticket or two and encourage you friends to support us.

    With your help we will defeat Cancer in our lifetime!

     We now have our own 501C3. We have enjoyed being under the umbrella of IROC (Indoor Recreation of Orleans County) and benefited from their suggestions and professional guidance but must step out on our own.