Hilkemeyer General Store in Freeburg will hold a drawing for the raffle at 9 a.m. on Friday for a quilt made by Mary Rose Noll Hilkemeyer to kick off Constitution Week Sept. 17-23.

Hilkemeyer said the quilt is the second in a series of three. The first was called “Constitutional Justice” and was presented to Gov. Mike Parson. The second, called, “Constitutional Freedom” will be raffled Friday, and the third, called, “Constitutional Defender” has not been completed.

She and Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Regent Tina Sellner collaborated on the quilt project. The quilt was made by Mary Rose Noll Hilkemeyer with materials donated by Fabrics and More in Rolla. She took a class at Rooster Creek a year ago to learn to make the star and bought the eagle panel then. Hilkemeyer added over the last year all the other stars and chevrons, which in the quilting world, are called flying geese.

Multimedia storyteller Sarah Poff will be at Hilkemeyer’s General Store as well.

Poff is an award-winning educator who, for the past 39 years, has worked with 25 principals and taught more than 10,000 students, ages two to 102, through her signature mixture of history, art, culture, costumes, music, and dance.  She has taught in public and private schools, in museums, in historical houses, in preschools, in public libraries, in basements, in dance studios, in parks, in churches, in hospitals, on kitchen tables, and even during funerals.  

​Poff’s approach to art and history isn’t through ivory tower academic study or the writing of scholarly articles, though she has done her fair share of historical research.  Her approach to sharing her love of history has been to create art about historical subjects or to take the historical content she finds interesting, connect it with her own skills and talents, and then translate that content into informative presentations that engage her audiences through a hands-on, minds-on, immersive methodology.  

Poff provides audiences a straightforward overview of how our government was created by average people, along with the famous, how our government has brought more individual freedom and opportunity with a higher standard of living for more people than any other nation in the world. Poff said the challenge is to continue in the pursuit of freedom by planting the seeds of freedom in the next generation.

Poff recently performed as Olive Boone in Columbia at the State Archives library, and on Friday, she will be doing a piece about the Constitution. She joined the local chapter of the DAR in July and recently moved to Hartsburg from the Lee’s Summit/Kansas City area.

In addition to the drawing, Freeburg Mayor Darryl Haller will present a proclamation recognizing Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week. Refreshments will be served.

Proceeds from the quilt raffle will benefit the Thomas Jefferson Division Sea Cadets. Raffle sales end Sept. 16.

Additionally, baskets will be raffled at T&L Zip Stop, Bank of St. Elizabeth, 1905, and The Hair Boutique, beginning Sept. 17, with the drawings to be held on Sept. 23.