Ashanti Mother Project

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Pat Wescott of the Kings River Patch has been hard at work spearheading the Ashanti Mother project. The tickets have gone out to the Patch leaders and the babies are pouring in. She is having 3 posters produced to promote ticket sales at gourd festivals, fairs and art events. Contact Pat if you want one of these posters or an 8”X10” photo of the Ashanti Mother for your upcoming event. Patch leaders are asked to send a check to Pat for $100 (the face amount of the tickets less the $1 retained by each patch) to Pat Wescott, 6330 Benicia Avenue, Kingsberg, CA 93631 (559) 897-7470.
The Ashanti Mother is not a stay-at-home mother. She will be appearing at the Welburn Gourd Festival in June, LA Gourd Fair in October and then finally at Asilomar next April. The winning ticket will be drawn at Asilomar and all of her babies will be seen with her for the first time. Patch Leaders please send (or have your members send) their babies to Pat (see above) together with a picture of the artist who made each baby, and a picture of the baby (can be all one picture) both with their name firmly attached. The babies ship well if wrapped in bubble wrap or foam. Pat will be at Welburn’s if you want to deliver them in person. Let her know so she can be looking for you.  All babies are being created by MEMBERS of CGS only and must be delivered by September 1, 2005.
Pat writes: “Having these babies delivered to me is like Christmas from the Stork. Each one is special and I can’t wait to see them. The rewards of volunteering are so wonderful. Try it-there are never enough volunteers at fairs and events. The time you spend brings wonderful new people into your life. It also makes you appreciate the Board members, Bee Hylinski, Carol Rookstool, Lisa Toth, Leigh Adams, Niki Escobedo, Lorraine Valenzuela, Lynne Bunt, Doug Welburn, Betty Bluekle etc. for all the hard work they do for so many. Their efforts support us having fun and learning more about fun things to do with gourds, but they need your help too. I am so glad I said “yes” to this project.” We are so glad too and send our thanks to you, Pat!