Quilt of Valor gives veterans a hug across years
Errol Lindsey, a Vietnam veteran from Hiawatha, finally heard thanks at a Veterans Day breakfast after years of chemotherapy. Quilts of Valor has handed out over 90,000 quilts in the past decade. Cedar Rapids veteran Patty Potter helped start a local chapter and notes a quilt is a hug showing someone cares. The group plans a private ceremony to dedicate about 25 more quilts this Sunday, with quilters in Iowa operating through local shops and home studios across the Corridor.
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Quilts of Valor Iowa aims to honor veterans with quilts
Quilts of Valor Iowa coordinator Cyndy Billmeyer invites participation and nominations via cyndy.billmeyer qovf.org to connect with local chapters. Keepsake Quilters of Cedar Falls and Waterloo has made over 1,000 quilts in ten years, pursuing a quilt for every World War II and Korean War veteran in Black Hawk County. Vietnam-focused Pine Needles Quilts honors veterans whose service included hardship.
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Quilts of Valor provide warmth and thanks to veterans
Billmeyer of Dubuque learned of Quilts of Valor after her son was injured in Afghanistan. The organization creates handmade quilts as comfort and recognition for veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan and current troops, with each quilt taking about 50 hours to make. The effort follows dire VA statistics on veteran suicides and aims to show appreciation and care.
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