Our history
The Beginnings
Our local group, Nye County Valor Quilters, was started in January of 2016 by Denise Kearl, a veteran herself,. There were initially 25 members who awarded 90 quilts that first year.
Since its creation, the group was structured to award quilts to veterans in formal ceremonies, open to the public, to add emotional value to the object itself, to involve the community and to try to rectify the indifferent (and sometimes hostile) way some of those veterans were received when they initially returned home.
Currently
Today, Nye County Valor Quilters is a non-profit organization with 32 volunteer members who are also members of the Quilts of Valor Foundation®, a national (also non-profit organization), with over 600 groups across the country.
In the last eight years, our group has awarded a total of 714 quilts to our local veterans. Since we do not have a financial support from the national organization, we depend on personal and community donations to buy the fabric and other materials needed to make these unique quilts. Our members donate their time and work, they also put their creativity to the test by making different items that we offer, for a donation, at our events.
The Future Ahead
We are always looking for new quilters to join our group so we can increase the number of quilts that we award and to honor as many of our local veterans as possible.
We welcome financial donations (tax deductible) to continue buying the materials needed so our members do not have to worry about buying their own materials. We also accept patriotic fabric donations as well as any other swing/quilting items that we can use as we create these quilts.
For more information or to contribute to our group, please contact us at: nyecountyvalorquilters@gmail.com