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!







Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Coming soon . . .

My sincerest apologies for the lapse in adding anything to the blog. Alot has been happening in the past several months that has kept me way too busy! Please check back for a special section of "Notes and Quotes" from those who have been affected by our project. You won't want to miss it . . .

Congratulations to Ms. Kelsey Hunsberger and Luis Morales!! They are engaged and plan to be married this summer. I'm sure big brother is smiling :)

Monica Joseph is doing an article on the project for Elkhart County Living . . . watch for it!

And . . . the "Blankets of Love" project coordinated by Jeanette's Fabric Boutique in Wakarusa is underway. Each year customers and employees make and donate blankets to several local organizations such as RETA, Hannah'a House, CAPS, and the Fire Dept./EMT's. Quilts of Honor usually receives several from this project as well. Last year over 300 blankets were turned in!!

As of this writing, tentative plans are to head to Ft. Bragg sometime in June or July. It would be absolutely fantastic to take 30+ quilts with me!!! More details will follow soon.

Remember to continually pray for those who serve and protect our freedoms every day.

God Bless you, and may God bless the USA!!!
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