Patriotic Pride Ohio Farm Bureau youth put their hands and hearts together to create a patriotic quilt which will be sent to New York City this fall. OFBF Director of Young Leader Programs Darrell Rubel said the State Youth Committee came up with the quilt idea as a vehicle for Farm Bureau youth to express what America means to them. During the Youth annual meeting in December, the teens wrote their patriotic messages on quilt squares. Eileen Wise, Belmont County, spent 100 hours quilting the 276 squares together. Wise has been quilting since she was a girl. She and husband Bill are long-time Farm Bureau members and former youth council advisers in the county. "It was an honor to be asked to do it," she said. The quilt is making its way to each of the winter Cabinet Meetings, the youth Spring Fun Event and this summer's Leadership Conference. | |