Northern Virginia Magazine

Here’s how one local woman is inspiring hope in the COVID-19 era

By Katie Bianco November 3, 2020

Diane Canney launched the COVID-19 U.S. Honor Quilt and she’s building it square by square.

When Diane Canney’s mother reached a milestone birthday during quarantine, Canney found herself inspired to make a difference during this surreal era. “I have a very active 95-year-old mother,” says Canney, an artist who also owns both Sunset Hills Vineyard and 50 West Vineyard in NoVA. “She asked me to do something that would help the community. My mother, at her age, said ‘What can we do to help people?’ Her generation was very community-minded.”

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