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a CISD school bus driver, a
able to deliver them themselves
Randall County Sheriff’s officer, rather than ship them all over
RNs and retirees. They bring the country. The group is now
a sack lunch and come and go called the Texas Panhandle Quilts
as they can. Some sew on their of Honor, and they limit their
machines, some hand-sew the distribution to veterans in the
bindings and some donate all the Texas Panhandle.
batting. Most of the tops for the
honor quilts are produced by the As of August 2019, Quilts of
Friday group. Then Cindy takes Honor has donated 150 quilts.
them home to her backyard shop The nonprofit group supplies all
and quilts them by machine. the fabric, batting and quilting
After they are bound, they are themselves but is happy to accept
distributed to area veterans donations to help continue
across Amarillo and throughout their mission. Cindy is Mema
the Panhandle. to six grandchildren and is
chief volunteer for the Amarillo
Two years ago, the group elected Alzheimer’s Association. The
to withdraw from the Quilts of passionate and energetic lady
Valor nationwide organization in continues to reinvent the image
order to focus on local veterans. of the modern quilter and
They needed the freedom to is forging a trail to reignite
make more appropriately sized patriotism and respect for
quilts, and they wanted to be veterans across the Panhandle.
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