Miracle Quilts for Our Wounded Troops will meet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13 at Independence Village, 701 Market Street, Oxford.

Miracle Quilts was founded in 2009 by Carole Carroll to honor the service and sacrifice of PFC Joseph A. Miracle, killed in action July 5, 2007, in Afghanistan. Miracle Quilts is a division of Desert Angels Inc, a nonprofit organization that sends Miracle Boxes, or care packages, to troops serving overseas.

Miracle Quilts mission is to create patriotic quilts to present to wounded troops at hospitals, to those currently serving and to homeless veterans.

Volunteer sewers at any skill level are welcome. Persons interested in participating should bring a sewing machine, basic sewing supplies, fabric and a project to work on.

The quilts can be patriotic or not. here are other projects to sew, if they do not wish to make a quilt. There are walker bags that can be attached to a walker, pillowcases and presentation bags for the quilts.

“A job can be found for you. It takes many hands to create these quilts,” said Carroll.

The group’s needs list includes cotton fabric and gift certificates for local quilt shops. The group’s wish list includes office space for quilt storage and possible studio, gas cards to help with delivery of quilts and quilters to help with the quilting process.

Hundreds of quilts have been delivered to Walter Reed Military Medical Center, Bethesda Naval Hospital, military retirement homes and VA Hospitals and other hospitals in Michigan, including Troy Beaumont and to the Fisher House in Landsthul, Germany and to local veterans.

The group meets on the second Saturday of the month at Independence Village or individuals can sew at home. The group also meets at the Oxford Public Library during the week. The dates fluctuate due to the library’s schedule. For more information, call Carroll at 248-321-8669 or email MiracleQuilts@att.net.

• Wreaths Across America: Ortonville VFW Post 582 Cmdr. Dennis Hoffman reports a good turn-out at Great Lakes National Cemetery for the Wreaths Across American wreath-placing event. “VFW’s, groups and families from around the state were out there in force,” Hoffman said. “Special thanks to Walmart and their drivers for volunteering to deliver five truck loads of wreaths.” A Wreaths Across America press release stated that more than 13,000 wreaths were placed on veterans graves. For more information, call Hoffman at 248-627-1065. To learn more about Wreaths Across America, visit www.wreaths-across-america.org.

• Spaghetti Dinner Social: VFW Dunham-Ray Post 2645 hosts a Spaghetti Dinner Social from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 24222 W. Nine Mile Road in Southfield. Donation is $7 per person and $5 for active military, police, fire, and scouts in uniform. RSVP to 248-971-5844 or email vfw2645@yahoo.com.

The Oakland Press is interested in all veterans events in Oakland County. Please send info in the body of an email with subject line “Veterans Affairs” to Sharon Longman at sslstart@aol.com. Allow two weeks’ notice for scheduled events and include a phone number for readers to call for more information.