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What To Say To Your Friends
At Wreaths Across America HQ, we so live the mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach each day... that we sometimes feel surprised when we meet someone who has never heard of the wreath-laying tradition before.
But in the world of mission-driven, veteran service organizations, even with our over one million volunteers we are still pretty young and like the new kids on the block.
So how would you explain Wreaths Across America to your neighbor, coworker, of a visiting family member?
We have a new video (only 30 seconds long) down below, which says a lot about the mission, in a few words. And did you know that with our new website, when you sponsor a wreath you can now invite your friends (free with email and $2 with a card) to join you, and share the wreath-laying experience - together?
Introduce Wreaths Across America to someone you love, and they will thank you for it. We are Americans. We are One.
~ Karen Worcester | Executive Director
and the Wreaths Across America Team
Wreaths Across America is a national 501(c)3 with over 1300+ participating locations nationwide, in all 50 states and 24 foreign veteran cemeteries on foreign soil.
Stories For and About Our Veterans
"As part of our Wreaths Across America project, we work with the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, the Explorers, Young Marines, and sometimes 4H members," Mike explains.
This Week In Social Media:
It was 100 years ago this year that the United States officially entered World War I, when Congress voted to declare war on Germany on April 6, 1917. After more than two years of trying to...
By Katie Lange Defense Media Activity You may recognize him - a lone sailor, bundled in his button-down coat, a sea bag by his side, gazing into the distance. The bronze statue of the Lone...
Eli Smith, a veteran from Ohio, has spent almost a year hiking from Florida to California and up to Washington in an effort to walk to the four corners of the United States to raise...
Eight years ago, two Marines from two different walks of life who had literally just met were told to stand guard in front of their outpost's entry-control point. Minutes later, they were...
Wednesday Webinars
In this week's webinar with Tobin and Courtney, we talked about updates to the new WAA website, and how it is going to make it SO much easier for our supporters to add merchandise to our sponsorships, and for our location coordinators to get the information they need about grave specific requests.
Wishing You A Safe And Happy Halloween - Remember The Families Who Are Not Able To Celebrate Together Tonight!
The 2017 Volunteer Shirts Are Now Available For Orders!
2017 Wreaths Across America Volunteer Shirts Are Here!. Campaign ends Sunday, November 26 in order to deliver all orders before December 16th - National Wreath Day. Help us meet our fundraising goal of 250 shirts!
We would love to hear from you on any of these channels:
Do you know of a patriotic story for or about our veterans, that we should be sharing? We would love to hear it!
You can submit the basic details here, and we will follow up with you.
Note: Have you ever had a conversation with a "reporter-bot?" We set this up to collect stories 24/7 or whenever it is convenient for you, and then the WAA Social Media Team can join the conversation. We look forward to hearing from you!
Mark Your Calendars:
While Supplies Last
Since last week, we received hundreds of orders on this limited time, WAA-branded Wreath Delivery Tractor Trailer Set. This is new in 2017 but we only have a limited number in inventory and available before the holidays, so order now if you want to make sure you get one!
Did you miss one of our recent newsletters? You can see the archive and update your email settings in our new Newsletter Central.
Join us on December 16th (the 3rd Saturday in December), 2017 for National Wreaths Across America Day. Use this map to find a location and sign up to volunteer. Can't find a location near you? You can start one (adding new locations for 2017)!
"Remember this.... In truth a person dies twice, once when he stops breathing, and a second time when somebody mentions his or her name for the last time. Join us in December when over one million volunteers nationwide, will say the names of a million fallen out loud, to make sure they will never be forgotten."
This Week's Newsletter Is Sponsored By:
Fastport
To support the Wreaths Across America mission to Honor, Remember and Teach, FASTPORT encouraged over 40 industry-leading companies to join the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington...
