JOSEPH — Bill Courtney was the recipient of the first quilt awarded at the Wallowa Mountain Quilters’ Sweetheart Yard Sale held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3-4, at the Hurricane Creek Grange.
One of the quilting group’s missions is to award a veterans quilt to every veteran who lives in the county.
The group is approaching 400 quilts awarded, but it is believed nearly 1,000 veterans live in Wallowa County.
The quilters work on the quilts both individually and in group sessions. The club holds fundraisers and has received a much-appreciated grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust the past few years.
“We consider anyone who signed on the dotted line and wore a uniform deserving of being a recipient of one of our quilts,” a press release said.
Privacy laws are making it harder to find out identify veterans in the county, so people with such information can send it to Barbara McCormack at 541-605-8233.
The next quilt giveaway will be at the club’s summer sale June 30 and July 1 at the Hurricane Creek Grange. People interested are invited to stop in, look at the quilts and perhaps take one home.
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