Recently, at the Semper Fi Grille, John Newport, a career USMC Master Sargent who served two tours of duty in Vietnam; John Blair, a Vietnam veteran and Silver Star recipient; and Eddie Cranford another Vietnam veteran who was awarded a Purple Heart, were each the receivers of a quality-made quilt for their military achievements by the Quilts of Valor Foundation, Georgia Chapter.

The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with a comforting and a healing Quilt of Valor. Quilts of Valor is a national foundation based in Winterset, IA., which was organized during the Iraq War, with Chapters throughout the U.S. Presenting the Quilts of Valor were Karen Lawrence, a Marine member of Marine Corps League, Detachment 1311 of Woodstock; and Christine Twiss, volunteer for Quilts of Valor, Sew and Sew for QQV, from Big Canoe.