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01/29/2023 08:11 AMQuilts of Valor is a national organization with many local chapters. The local chapter works out of American Legion Post 66 in Clinton at their invitation. Their mission is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.
The Quilts of Valor Foundation began in 2003 with a dream, literally a dream. At that time, founder Catherine Roberts’ son Nat was deployed in Iraq. According to Catherine, “the dream was as vivid as real life. I saw a young man sitting on the side of his bed in the middle of the night, hunched over. The permeating feeling was one of utter despair. I could see his war demons clustered around, dragging him down into an emotional gutter. Then, as if viewing a movie, I saw him in the next scene wrapped in a quilt. His whole demeanor changed from one of despair to one of hope and well-being. The quilt had made this dramatic change. The message of my dream was: Quilts = Healing. And here we are today.”
New quilters are welcome and needed. Please contact Nancy Burns at 860-227-1063.
The local chapter has made and presented many dozens of quilts to veterans over the years.