Earlier this month we posted about a fundraising appeal for Wreaths Across America, and in particular donations for purchase wreaths for the gravestones of veterans buried at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton.
That was right before Veterans Day, but Tom Wilder, an East Cobb real estate agent and Naval veteran of Vietnam who’s spearheading the drive, says the group is running short of time and donations in order to place a wreath at every marker in that cemetery.
That’s more than 20,000 homemade wreaths in all, and the goal is to place the wreaths on Dec. 14. That work is done by local civic, church and scout organizations, but the wreaths need to be ordered by the end of November.
(There’s a separate organization that’s conducting a similar wreath-laying effort at the Marietta National Cemetery.)
Wreaths Across America is a national program that’s been doing this since 2008, and Wilder says Georgia businesses and individual donors have been making contributions for about as long.
Here’s what you can do to help:
Donations are tax deductible with a receipt provided by the Georgia National Cemetery Advisory Council upon request.
Please go to ganationalcemetery.org and support this special program recognizing the lives of those who have protected or given their lives for our freedom.
For more information, contact Tom Wilder, U.S. Navy Vietnam Veteran and Cemetery Council member at 770-973-1422 or tom@wilder-realty.com.
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