Group will Present Wounded Warriors with Handmade Quilts
PHOENIX - The Casa Grande Quilting Guild will present the first group of quilts made by its members to wounded Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans who are patients of the VA Medical Center. The quilts will be presented:
Wednesday, Oct. 17
1 p.m.
Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center
650 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix
VA Gallery
The Gallery is located just inside the Main Entrance of the Medical Center.
Enter from Seventh Street, north of Indian School Road.
Veterans who will receive quilts include:
Robert Armstrong,of Mesa, who was critically wounded by a grenade blast while serving with the Army in Ba'qubah.
Sgt. Robert Bartlett, of Gilbert, who is still on active duty with the Army, and was severely wounded in the face when an IED exploded through the door of his humvee while driving near Baghdad.
Laura Bringas, of Maryvale, who served with the Marines in Ramadi and Fallujah, and was injured when her unit was hit by a suicide car bomber.
Keven Denton, of Mesa, who served with the Marine Corps and sustained a brain injury from an improvised explosive device (IED) in Fallujah.
Christopher Shipley, of west Phoenix, who served in the Army in Baghdad; his injuries include gun shot wounds and shrapnel that resulted in his losing an eye, and other wounds.
Cpl. Jared Foster, of Mesa, an active duty Marine who was severely wounded by a .50-caliber round in Fallujah.
In addition, the family of a Vietnam veteran will be presented with a quilt. The mother of John Amodei, who died last year from a condition related to his service, will accept the quilt.
Quilting is a unique American tradition that joins cultures and symbolizes the bonds of family, history, comfort and commitment.
The Casa Grande Quilting Guild is made up of women from Casa Grande, Sun Lakes and other parts of the Valley. Chairperson Georgia Simpson says the group decided in the last year to honor Arizona soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan by making and presenting them with the hand-made quilts. Simpson says the group also will give quilts to families of deceased veterans.
Members of the Casa Grande Quilters Guild donate all the materials to make the quilts, as well as their time. So far, they have made and donated to the VA Medical Center about 50 quilts. This is the first formal presentation to the soldiers.
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