On Tuesday, November 1st, we started our day at 6:30 am – Barbara, Bert and myself, of course. We drove through Mickey Ds for coffee and headed off to Palo Alto. About 3 1/2 hours later we pulled up to the VA Center. They had reserved a parking space for us – I was so excited to see our name – I really get a kick out of these little things.
We displayed 6 Quilts of Honor for all to see. The Veterans and their families and friends all started to arrive. They came right over to our table and started buying donation quilt tickets and signing blocks for our warriors. We heard so many great compliments on how beautiful the quilts were. They were all so thankful that we could do this for their brothers and sisters. We met a gentleman who had received a QOH and couldn’t thank us enough for what it meant to him.
I was honored to be able to speak among my fellow veterans and award QOHs to two female veterans who had survived breast cancer. The first veteran hugged me and cried – she felt so honored. The second veteran was more stoic, but afterwards she was taking pictures with all of her family. The quilts were made by Nancy and the North Wind Quilters.
We felt so welcomed by the staff. Linda and Nicole, thank you for having us. We hope to be a part of their future events to honor our veterans.
On another note:
I would like to thank the Manteca Quilt Guild for their donation and for inviting me to speak at their meeting this past month.
On November 8th I will be speaking at the Modesto Quilters Guild. If you are in the area, hope you can come by.
We are also gearing up for our big event – the Tuleburg Quilt Guild’s “American Pride” Quilt Show, November 12th and 13th. We will have a ceremony honoring Veterans and we will also have our Patriotic Quilts on display. Hope to see you there.
Our November QOH workshop will be on November 30th because of the Thanksgiving Holiday. Hope you can join us.
Thank you all for your continued support.
God bless you,
Gail
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- Front Row Parking
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- Event Flier
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- Introduction
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- Let me tell you about QOH
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- More about QOH
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- More about QOH
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- Quilt Presentation
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- Quilt Presentation
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- Quilt Presentation
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- Quilt Presentation
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- Quilt Presentation
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- Group Photo
I love hearing about all the good things you do for others.
I don’t want to miss the ceremony at Tuleburg Quilt show next weekend.
Would you please post the day and time.
Thank you