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!
Delivered!!!
On December 11th, the first load of quilts were delivered to family members of the men who served with Travis. Thank-you to Toby Yoder and Greg Birr of Wakarusa Missionary Church for taking the quilts down for us! The men report an overwhelming reaction to our gift of love and support...pictures will be made available to me soon for posting...check often for updates!Steve and Ronda and family will be taking a few more with them in January when the men return to base. Our next goal date is March, 2009 for a substantial number of quilts to be donated. Three have already been turned in with the promise of more once the holidays are over. Thank-you again to the many, many people who have helped make this mission a reality! God bless you richly this Christmas season.As December 25th approaches, please keep the men and women who are serving our country in your prayers. Pray for safety as well as peace and comfort and a real sense of His love this year. Pray God's blessings upon their families too. And let us not forget those who have given their lives this past year so that we don't have to...Merry Christmas from my family to yours, and may the Lord bless you with a happy and healthy 2009.~Dawn
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