AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Local veterans received handmade quilts from the Knights of Columbus on Wednesday. The ceremony ...

The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is to cover all service members and veterans who have honorably served our nation, whether in peacetime or times of crisis.

Quilts of Valor Foundation began in 2003 with a dream, literally a dream. Founder Catherine Roberts’ son Nat was deployed in Iraq. The model appeared simple: have a volunteer team who would ...

That’s the goal behind the Quilts of Valor Foundation. The foundation is a national non-profit organization that was established by the mother of a soldier who made him a quilt to wrap around him.

The foundation gifts service members and veterans touched by war with healing quilts, which are specially made by one person.

The Quilt says unequivocally, ‘Thank you for your service and sacrifice in serving our nation,’” the Quilts of Valor Foundation states on its website, www.qovf.org.

Kim Price, State Coordinator and Regional Coordinator Quilts of Valor Foundation, walks in the room where many quilts are made for veterans, Monday, August 12, 2024.

For more information on the Quilts of Valor Foundation, visit qovf.org. If you know of someone who is eligible for a Quilt of Valor, a form is available on the Wisconsin Quilts of Valor website at ...

Howard Smuda, an Army veteran of two years, and Steven Faraone, a National Guard and Army veteran of 13 years, were presented with Quilts of Valor at their senior living home in Niles.

The Quilts of Valor Foundation's Central Massachusetts branch underscored this dramatic demographic shift when they presented signature, hand-crafted quilts to four local women veterans: Jessica ...

Ray Andress was honored by the Quilts of Valor Foundation for his military service on what happened to be his 65th wedding anniversary.

The Perry Piecemakers Quilt Guild continue to seek donations as they have presented 43 quilts to area veterans so far this year.