Thanks for that great link. I enjoyed watching the video and looking through the gallery of photos.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if quilters could "catch up" and have every single serviceman/woman with a quilt in hospital?

As an aside - did anyone else notice the pad that woman had her iron on? It was a brand new revelation for me and has my mental gears working now.

I'm sitting here next to my son who is home on leave, and shared that article with him. He told me that last month he got a "care package" from a 4th grade class in New Jersey - candy, brownies, Starbucks, etc. - he thinks the quilts are a great idea, too. I made him one - Eleanor Burns' Victory Quilt - and put the airplane block right in the middle, since he's in the Air Force. We do what we can, don't we?!

Thanks for sharing.

thanks for the link. so very cool

That's cool. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the link, very heartwarming. Quilters are really special people!

well,that young man made me cry this morning! What a neat video and cause!

Because we live in a town supported by a Navy base, our local quilt guild gives quilts for wounded warriers at the California Navy hospital for returning soldiers. I believe we give about 50 each year.

We also give quilts to the local Woman's Shelter. We just gave 50 quilts (both adult and children) and 50 Christmas stockings.

WalMart was having a pretty good sale on fleece and flannel material before Christmas and I bought about 3 yards of various patterns of each to make kids quilts for the Woman's Shelter.

Our Cotton Patch Quilters guild makes quilts for the Quilts of Valor program, which is basically the same as these others. They recently had an event to present quilts to the Iraq wounded soldiers who live in our county. The Women's Club and a couple of other women's organizations were also involved in this project here locally. It's a wonderful program, and the men who got the quilts were very touched.

Hearing all these stories gives me a little more faith in the human race.
Thanks for all the good you all do.
One day I will have the time to participate in such things. My soon to be 5 year old keeps me going at the moment!