The Blue Line 4-H Club presented a Quilt of Valor Thursday evening to Junction City Resident and a Vietnam Veteran, Dennis “Buz” Bruzina.

Bruzina was presented the quilt by members of the Blue Line 4-H Club during the Geary County Free Fair 4-H Livestock and Project Auction Thursday night. He called it a,”very humbling experience.”

“There’s more people around this area that are more deserving than I ever could be,” said Bruzina.

Bruzina served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War and retired after 25 years of service as a Lieutenant Colonel.

After presenting the quilt to Bruzina it was then auctioned off with the auction value going back as a donation to the Quilt of Valor Project. The auction raised $1,150 that was donated. Bruzina did get to keep the quilt.

Donna Martinson, Quilt of Valor Project Coordinator explained that she spoke to the Blue Line Club about participating in the project for a community service project and they took it from there.

“I didn’t know how it would work when they were auctioning off a donation,” said Martinson. “Who’s going to bid on something that they don’t have anything tangable to even take home? When it started at $500 and went up from there, I was just amazed.”

The quilts are being presented to veterans of the Vietnam War, Korean War, or World War II that have been nominated. So far they have received about 80 nominations and have a goal to make as many as 100 quilts.