Contracts, Responsibilities and Requirements

A little over a year since its inception, the PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails has grown with complexity. With this complexity, it becomes time to take a step back, reassess the system that has been in place and reconfigure a few things.

And what does all this mean?
I now have the beginnings of written expectations for all the parties site owners,  painters, sponsors, and administration) involved with a PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails square. By writing down the necessary requirements and responsibilities, all parties will know what is needed and can assess accordingly. Though still in the composing stage, by having a clear statement questions can be addressed more clearly and precise.
Once the contract is completed and approved by the the Executive Director of Community Partnerships RC&D, it will be added to the PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails website (www.paquilttrails.org) and available for public viewing.

Trails thoughts

The question I pose to myself each week, before I sit down to write this blog is "How do I present the Pa Quilt (and Rug) Trails to the web, creating interest?" Interest in the process, interest in encouraging visitors to the PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails as well as interest in financially supporting this community endeavor.

photo by Kristen Price

And the truth is I have no idea. Thanks to Community Partnerships RC&D I have the great opportunity to administrate the PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails. I was told at the inception of the trail to create something that served the communities of Central Pennsylvania. Tell all what is important to you community via the trail. Honor your loved ones and descendants. Honor your craft, art, and most of all your community.


Support the PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails in anyway you can. For financial donations either mail check or money order to:

Community Partnerships RC&D

23 North Main Street

Lewistown, PA 17044

We also now accept Paypal. Simply click on the Paypal link and you are on your way.

The state of the PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails

September is the end of the fiscal year for Community Partnerships RC&D. This is also a great time of reflection-what has been done the past year, what expectations are there for the year to come.

The PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails is now a bit more than a year old with the upcoming year already looking to surpass what we had hoped for. Although all of the new squares can't officially be named, in the works are four new squares, including PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails Headquarters (23 North Main Street, Lewistown), Mont Alto Historical Society (Mont Alto), as well as two unnamed squares in Juniata and Union counties. We yet to find a sponsor for the Military Square, which will honor service men and women, though hopes are high to get this special square underway soon.

As PA Quilt (and Rug)Trails grows, so do plans of expansion. In the future, hopefully, there will be phone accessed messages for each square, tours and rallies, a beautifully photographed "coffee table" book and brochures with more details including maps, back stories and site information.

It is a thrill and an honor to be part of something at its inception. Community Partnerships RC&D, in the true sense of partnerships set out to initiate a community partnership by administrating a quilt trail and the community has embraced this project with open arms and hearts.

Support PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails with any size donation.

Send check or money order to:

PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails

Community Partnerships RC&D

23 North Main Street

Lewistown, PA

717-248-4901

administrator@paquilttrails.org

Labor Day Musings

If it weren't for its name, the meaning of the Labor Day holiday would have been lost many end-of summer outings ago. Originally begun in the late 1800s, today Labor Day, once set aside as a holiday to the workers of the United States, has come to mark the unofficial end of summer.

Though only one year old the PA Quilt Trails has also gone through its own transformation. After the installation of the first Trail Rug at the Tuscarora State Forest the work rug has been added and is known as the PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails. Perhaps sometime in the near future other factions of traditional arts will influence the trail and the name adjusted accordingly.

Community Partnerships RC&D originally planned on creating several trails including one viewed from a train car. Many of these original ideas have been put on the back burner quietly simmering like a pot of soup,  pursuing rather, ideas of the community, allowing the trail to grow organically.

Right now the PA Quilt (and Rug) Trails is seeking community support. Whether through a sponsorship, painting a square or just spreading the word, you can expand your community project to be community centric serving those in central Pennsylvania now and the future. Honor your local firefighters with a "Firefighter Square", show pride for your school by having a "School Square" or promote something in the community that needs a shout out.

$350 is the cost to sponsor a quilt square. This pays the costs of paint, wood, brushes, tape and other materials needed to produce a square.

For more information Contact:

Community Partnerships RC&D 
PA Quilt (and )Rug Trails

at 717-248-4901 ext 326

administrator@paquilttrails.org