Providing Comfort for Our Marines

This week the Jefferson Award has been awarded to Lavella Cassinelli who is the chair of the Community Quilts program. More than 10 years ago, Mrs. Cassinelli discovered her passion for quilting. She took classes in quilt making and assembled a group of fellow quilters to start quilting for those in need. In 1997 she became chair of the Community Quilts program. "Whenever it's time to take the finished quilts and deliver them to the people, it makes me feel so good", said Cassineli. She said the Community Quilts program produces and delivers more than 1,000 quilts a year.
The Wounded Warrior Battalion at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base is a project close to Cassinelli's heart. She is a native of Monterey County (Soledad). Through the program , the Marines recieve full and queen-size bed coverings. "It makes their rooms look more like home, and it's just comforting to them to know that people are thinking about them and sending them large quilts to put on their beds", said Cassinelli. "Its great for their moral".
We are definately thinking of our Marines, our Heros and everyone else who help keep our country safe. Happy Fourth of July!!!

This positive news was adapted from the San Francisco Chronicle article written by Shelah Moody on June 29, 2008. For more information about the Community Quilts program, visit www.santarosaquiltguild.org.