Becoming Peace... Through Joyful Service
Local Service - Gifts of Grace Foundation
Global Service - The Smile Train
Our Mission & History:The Gifts of Grace Foundation is a non profit interfaith charitable organization founded in 2001 to provide joyful volunteer service to the community. We support people in discovering, developing and sharing their gifts of grace.
The Gifts of Grace Foundation began when the founder, Stephanie Rutt,
began teaching her course based on the Bhagavad Gita. " I wanted
to create an organization through which members could practice joyful
service with non-attachment, one of the great teachings of the Bhagavad
Gita. It is not our charge to change the world. We do not ask that anyone
or anything be different. Instead, we ask that "we" be different... and
so the world becomes different. Though we are from all religions and all
walks of life, we are woven together by a common thread. That thread is
a desire to share our time, energy and gifts in joyful service to our
neighbor." Stephanie Rutt
Our Service Projects:
COMMUNITY QUILTING DAYS
The Gifts of Grace Foundation is a 501c(3) non-profit New Hampshire charitable organization. It is our mission to make quilts for local foster care children. At this writing, we have delivered over 300 quilts for distribution to the Division of Children, Youth and Families in Nashua, New Hampshire. Please join us to continue this important mission and make a difference in the lives of children in our community. We also accept ready-made quilts for donation. No quilting experience needed! We also provide all materials including sewing machines though you are welcome to bring your own if you'd prefer.
We meet on the third Saturday of each month — September 2008 through June 2009, 9:30am - 2:00pm — Come and go as you wish.
Quilting Days dates are:
September 20, 2008
October 18, 2008
November 15, 2008
No meeting in December
January 17, 2009
February 21, 2009
March 21, 2009
April 18, 2009
May 16, 2009
June 20, 2009
If you would like to donate quilts or fabric, please call (603) 672-3406. For more information, call Jo Ray at (603) 673-6966.
Some of our past projects were to provide chair massage to caregivers of Alzheimer's patients as part of the Day Away Project at St. John Neumann Church, offer yoga classes to "Bridges" personnel and provide volunteers to Harborside Healthcare of Milford.
Our Board Members:
Director: Stephanie Rutt
Assistant Director: Victoria Anne
Treasurer: Jo Ray
Secretary: Karen Clark
Web Coordinator: Ross Keating
Quilting Project Coordinators: Jo Ray and Karen Clark
Books for Kids Project Coordinator: Ross Keating
A Gift from the Light Project Coordinator: Stephanie Rutt
Join Us!
We are an active foundation with many ideas and plans and we are looking to expand our circle of giving. If you are interested in being part of our joyful service, please contact us at 603-672-3406.
The Gifts of Grace Foundation
www.giftsofgracefoundation.org
All proceeds collected at our Holy Ground Worship Services and at our Dances of Universal Peace events
are donated to The Smile Train... so every child may smile!
