Save the Date for the 2024 Quilt Auction – Saturday, Sept. 21!
This year’s Quilt Auction will again run as a hybrid online and in-person auction–it’s our fourth year of doing a hybrid auction! More than 120 quilts will be available for auction on-site during our traditional quilt auction on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Participants can bid on 150 additional quilts and items online during the week before the in-person auction and for one day after the in-person auction. The quilts up for bids online will be available to view on Sept. 21 at camp.
Online quilt viewing and registration will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at https://charityauction.bid/EwaluQuiltAuction.
Auction donations are due to camp on August 23
Please note: The deadline for donating quilts and items to the 2024 Quilt Auction will be EARLIER, on Aug. 23, 2024, to give our staff and volunteers more time to process more than 300 wonderful items 🙂
The 2023 Ewalu Quilt Auction (held Sept. 16) was another great success, raising net proceeds of $50,200 (after expenses)! We thank God for the dozens of donors who make the quilts and hand-crafted items, for the many bidders who take these lovely items home, and for our faithful volunteers who give their time and energy for many weeks leading up to this annual event. We couldn’t do it without all of you! Thank you for your support of the ministry at Ewalu!
About Ewalu’s Quilt Auction
Held annually for more than 35 years with the help and support of congregations, quilters, and volunteers, more than 300 quilts are donated to the camp, plus numerous hand-crafted items are given to raise additional funds. These funds support projects and capital improvements that the camp cannot achieve through the annual operating budget.
Join us for live music, a worship service, and more than 300 quilts and quality hand-crafted items displayed for review. A free-will lunch is served at noon, and the live auction starts at 1:00 p.m. It is a day to celebrate and support the incredible ministry that occurs at Camp Ewalu!
Supporting This Event
This event would not be possible without the generosity of quilters and crafters throughout eastern Iowa. Additional support comes through congregations, quilt/fabric shops, Thrivent Financial, local businesses and organizations in areas like In-lieu-quilt gifts, advertising, event supplies, and more!
Quilters & Crafters: Please consider making a quilt or item for the auction. To provide variety and interest in the auction, we also auction other hand-made items, especially wooden items such as wooden bowls. Though over 300 items are donated for the auction, we can only put about 120 to 130 items in the live auction. All other items are either put up for bids in the Online Auction (including top-quality items!), or priced and sold in the “Country Store” on Sept. 21. If you are unable to donate a completed item, we also accept quilt tops, squares, pieces, batting, and other quilt or craft supplies for the Country Store.
In lieu of quilts: If you are unable to donate a quilt or craft item, there are still ways to help! You can make a monetary gift in lieu of donating an item; donate baked goods, plants and fresh produce for the food stand; or volunteer to demonstrate your craft trade at the event. We also rely on volunteers for operating the food stand and Country Store.
THANK YOU!
There’s an amazing story unfolding here through the ministry of Camp Ewalu. It’s the story of God’s love made transparent through Christ and demonstrated through the generosity of many supporters like you. Thank you for the many creative ways that you support this ministry. We look forward to working with you as we come together for this year’s Quilt Auction!
PHOTOS FROM 2023 LIVE AUCTION
Monday, Sept. 16, 12:00 p.m. – Online Auction bidding begins
Friday, Sept. 20, 7:00 p.m. – Country Store bidding closes online (use the “Buy It Now” price)
Saturday, Sept. 21 (In person at Camp Ewalu)
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- 9:00 a.m. – Grounds open! Quilt viewing begins, and Country Store opens
- 11:00 a.m. – Devotional worship service
- 12:00 p.m. – Freewill lunch begins
- 1:00 p.m. – Live quilt auction begins
Sunday, Sept. 22, 7:00 p.m. – Online Auction bidding closes
Bidding Rules
- Over 100 quilts and items will be auctioned off in our on-site auction on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Camp Ewalu. Due to time, we can only offer about 125 donated items in the Live Auction.
- An additional 150+ quilts and items will be available on our Online Auction, so be sure to check out both auctions. (To be clear, there are DIFFERENT items in the Online Auction and the Live Auction. So it’s really 2 different auctions, but all supporting Ewalu!) The Online Auction items will also be on display at camp on Sept. 21 if you want to see them in person. (And you still have one day to bid on those items after seeing them in person!)
- You can make “proxy bids” for quilts in the on-site auction Sept. 21. FORM TO COME AT A LATER DATE. We have a system to handle proxy bids in person during the live auction.
Online Country Store
We had a lot of fun with this the past 2 years! Items in the “Online Country Store” category will be available to purchase online from Sept. 16 at 12:00 p.m. – Sept. 20 at 7:00 p.m. with a “Buy It Now” price (no bids). After that point, any remaining items will be sold in the on-site Country Store the following day. So if you want to make sure you get that item, use the “Buy It Now” price! If you are coming to the Live Auction on Sept. 21, we’ll have any Online Country Store items you’ve purchased ready for you to pick up.
What is happening with Bremwood quilt donations?
The option to donate purchased quilts to Bremwood will change a bit this year. For many years, about 40 quilts annually were purchased and then donated to Bremwood, a Lutheran Services of Iowa (LSI) youth treatment facility in Waverly. Though the residential youth treatment program is closing down at Bremwood, LSI still uses quilts for its Early Childhood Services and Refugee Services programs in Waterloo and across Iowa. Quilts will be taken to the LSI office in Waterloo and distributed as needed among these two programs.
LSI Early Childhood Services: Becoming a new parent can be overwhelming. But LSI Early Childhood Services walk beside Iowa parents of young children every step of the way. Programs include home visits, support groups for expecting parents, and more.
LSI Immigrant and Refugee Community Services: LSI has been welcoming refugees to Iowa since WWII. Programming includes education, family services, and economic development programs to help refugees get started on their path to citizenship and building a new life in Iowa. Quilts are given to each family.
CONTACT
Questions about the Ewalu Quilt Auction can be directed to Steph Boeding, steph@ewalu.org
