Donna Aybar The PebbleCreek Quilters have been busy all summer making quilts for the many charities we support and on Saturday, November 5 we welcomed Hospice of the Valley’s Surprise campus into our fold. We have donated many quilts to Hospice’s other west valley campuses, but PebbleCreek resident and Hospice volunteer Chuck Patton reached out…
Rayma Scalzo We are pleased to once again have Dr. Rich Shildt, Oncologist, attend our December 15 meeting in the Sienna Room at the Tuscany Falls Clubhouse. This is a great opportunity for those recently diagnosed or currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer to ask questions. One of the challenges our group faces is reaching…
Rayma Scalzo Have you been recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer? If so, you may be frightened about your future and whether you will be okay. It can be overwhelming and often isolating. It is for these reasons that you might want to contact the Breast Cancer Group right here at PebbleCreek. Although we don’t meet…
Millissa Masters The 2016 Arizona Quilters Guild Annual Juried Show was held at the Mesa Convention Center on March 24 through 26. This state show displays more than 300 quilts that are judged for their exemplary use of color, technique, original design, quilting precision, binding and more. The PC Quilters entered two quilts into the…
Rayma Scalzo Twenty-three years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was a frightening experience. I started attending a support group in downtown Phoenix and realized how important it was to know I was not alone. When I moved to PebbleCreek in 1995, I decided that I would form a support group to help…
Rayma Scalzo Our PebbleCreek Breast Cancer Discussion Group has a supply of heart pillows made by the PebbleCreek Quilters. They will be given to any woman undergoing surgery for a lumpectomy or mastectomy. The pillows have been designed to bring comfort while recovering from surgery. They are placed underneath the arm where the surgery has…
Rayma Scalzo Our PebbleCreek Breast Cancer Discussion Group has a supply of heart pillows made by the PebbleCreek Quilters. They will be given to any woman undergoing surgery for a lumpectomy or mastectomy. The pillows have been designed to bring comfort while recovering from surgery. They are placed underneath the arm where the surgery has…
Millissa Masters The PebbleCreek Quilters had challenged themselves starting in October to collect 500 items by December to donate to the Agua Fria Food Bank. The results were 455 items, $820. For the calendar year of 2014 the group donated 685 items and $1020 to Agua Fria. Congratulations and a big thank you to all…
Millissa Masters At our December Luncheon the 2015 PebbleCreek Quilters Board of Directors were voted in. From the back row, left to right are Karen Bogadi, Kim Lagerstrom, Susan Wendt, Cindy Santoro, JoAnn Stansel, Millissa Masters, Iris Weiss, Christine Booth and Linda Labenz. In the front row are Erma Taylor, Nancy Geibel, Shirley Cushing, Nancy…
Ronda Jones The PebbleCreek Quilters Club say farewell to an outstanding group of ladies that served as officers and committee chairs during 2014. They have a great love for quilting, a desire to have fun while making charitable items along with their own and to see that all functions of the club are handled with…