2024 Quilt Fundraiser
This year the Post was given a quilt to use for our fundraising that we use to support our veteran and youth programs.
Tickets are $1.00 apiece or 6 for $5.00/ Contact Richard Eaton for tickets if you are interested in buying a ticket or 6.
Pictured with the quilt are Joyce E. and Linda M., two of the three people involved in the making of this item. In talking with Joyce and Linda, I learned that it takes roughly 20 hours to make one this size, from cutting the pieces of fabric to then sewing them together in a pattern, adding the backing fabric and batting, basting the edges and actually quilting the whole piece.
The ladies are members of a quilting group at Lake Monticello that make a couple of hundred quilted items each year. Some are smaller lap blankets, fidget pads and, typical quilted blankets/throws. The group donates some of the items to veterans in the local nursing home as well as Alzheimer patients, a noble endeavor that we are greatful for.