Welcome to "Quilts of Honor - the Travis Project"







Quilts of Honor - the Travis Project, was created out of a desire to honor not only the memory of SSG Travis Hunsberger, but to show honor and respect to the men and women he served with. I made a quilt for Steve & Ronda, Travis' parents, and presented the idea of making more quilts for the soldiers at Fort Bragg. There are numerous wonderful organizations who provide quilts to wounded and hospitalized soldiers, but I felt led to do something different. We decided our first project would be to provide a quilt to each of the men in Travis' unit at the time of his death. Our goal was to accomplish this by Christmas. I am happy to report that we have exceeded our goal, and on December 10 2008, two men from our church, Wakarusa Missionary, headed off to North Carolina to deliver 19 quilts!! In May of 2009, we were able to deliver another 33 quilts!! Since then, we have delivered approximately 40 more quilts to families of the fallen and also to Wounded Warriors. Your help is still needed in lots of ways if we are to keep this project ongoing. First and foremost, pray for these brave men and women who serve each day to keep us free and protect us from those who would seek to do our nation harm. If you are a sewist or quilter, I can use you, if you would like to donate fabric or funds, I can use you. If you'd like to leave an encouraging word, or perhaps you knew Travis and would like to share a memory, I can use that too!



For more information on how you can help, contact me through this blog, by phone @ 574-849-7930, or by email, mamabech@msn.com.



To mail donations, send them to:



Quilts of Honor, c/o Dawn Bechtel, P.O. Box 613, Wakarusa, IN 46573. (Checks should be made out to Quilts of Honor.)



Thanks for stopping by, God bless you, and God Bless America!







Saturday, September 6, 2008

A little rest...

We're taking off Saturday morning to visit Amanda and watch one of her soccer games. Then on Sunday after lunch we head to Gatlinburg with my sisters & brother-in-laws to meet up with other family for 5 days of hopeful rest and relaxation. From there we will visit Michael in North Carolina before returning home. I plan to take the laptop along and keep up with my "work" on this project. So far, we have some offers to help make quilts and some cash donated. Thank-you very much!! Still have a ways to go, but I am not concerned, God is faithful. I'm looking forward to visiting some quilt shops while I'm gone for some ideas and maybe a few bargains. :)
On Monday, Jeanette Prenkert is presenting the project to the ladies in our sewing clubs for me. I'm anticipating a good response from there.
I'd also like to ask that you pray for Dr. Chuck Ware of Mishawaka Orthopedics. He is the doctor I've been seeing for my shoulder problem. He leaves the first of October for a tour of duty in Iraq, and will be gone until March. Pray for his safety as he uses his gifts and talents to serve our country and our Lord.
It's nearly 2:00 a.m. and I should've been asleep a long time ago. . .keep praying for this project and for the men and women who serve our country as well as their families. And as always, let us never forget those who have given the ultimate sacrifice. . .
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