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See all the fun working on the Cancer Project quilts. Click here.
Click here to read about the Quilt-a-thon !!!!!!
Quilt of Valor made by guild members and presented to Joshua Ben
from Sturgeon, MO, a soldier wounded in the service of our country.
His sacrifice is greatly appreciated!!
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The Quilts of Valor Foundation (QOV) is a national non-profit foundation with a mission
to provide a quilt to ALL wounded and injured service members from the War on Terror.
Machine quilted, lap size quilts are presented to our War Wounded as a thank you for the
sacrifices they have made in the defense of the freedoms and liberties we all enjoy.
The QOV Foundation was established in 2004 and to date has presented over 15,000 quilts.
Click here for more information.
This is a quilt given to the first baby born in Howard County in 2009 by the Marshall Quilt Guild, a new tradition started by the guild this year. Quilts were given in several other counties as well. Darlene L. and Donna B. members of the Country Patchwork Quilt Guild delivered the quilt to the young family.
The baby, Isabella Rose is the daughter of Donnie and Veronica D. of Glasgow, born January 3, 2009. She joins her older sister.
Photo shows mother Veronica and baby Isabella with their new quilt.
Quilts presented
to Ron Ott (second from left), administrator of Fitzgibbon Hospital for Cancer
Patients
Quilts presented
to firemen in Carrollton for two little girls who lost their mother and siblings
in a fire
Quilts presented
to Habitat for Humanity families
Relay for Life raises nearly $30,000 for
American Cancer Society efforts
The 2006 Relay for Life event raised nearly $30,000 to aid
the American Cancer Society's research and support programs. The quiltathon, sponsored by the Country Patchwork Quilt Guild,
raised $770 selling quilt blocks, though not enough blocks were sold to finish
any one of the four quilts the group started building. Work on the quilts will
continue. "We will keep plugging
along. We will get them finished one way or another." The money raised by the quiltathon
during the Relay for Life will go to the American Cancer Society, but money
raised from now on will go to the
Betty L of the Country Patchwork
Quilters Guild pins up a block during the Relay for Life quiltathon
Friday, June 16, in the Club House on the east side of the Marshall square while
Michael M and Lavonne B work on
quilt blocks.
A $10 donation will allow someone
to personalize a block to honor or memoralize someone. A quotation or other message may also be put
on the block. There are four color
schemes to choose from; “vintage – multicolor, “rural”
– green/tan/brown; “breast cancer” – pink, “jewel
tone” – lavender/rose. All
money collected will be given to the cancer center campaign and any
quilt/quilts produced will be given to the
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