Many of you reading this thread have asked if this project was ongoing; yes it is. Our original goal was 128 quilts for this special battery of men in Farah, Afghanistan, many of whom are in particularly harsh situations in their living environment.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-63082-1.htm
We will meet that need by the end of January, hopefully, when we are able to ship the last of the finished tops which have been sent mostly from members of this board.
Tops come here to Bedford, VA, where we find willing finishers, then wash, pack, and ship them out from here. When we receive a finished quilt it's joyful for us because that's one less to wait to be shipped!
There are several people who are also doing the same kind of work, perhaps on a smaller scale, all across the country. If we have extra quilts beyond our required 128, I am hopiing and planning on continuing the effort with those other projects or with soldiers from other batteries in Afghanistan. I am also working with the local National Guard group which returned from Iraq this past August. You might look into that locally as a source for your own quilts. Or check with your local American Legion, quilting guild, or quilt shops.
Thanks for asking these questions. Just because Bravo Battery is nearly covered doesn't mean we can rest on our quilty laurels, does it? :D
Jan in VA