Volunteers Collecting Donations This Month for Wreath Laying Ceremony

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Wreaths Across America collections 2018

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Sponsorships at $15 per wreath were collected Saturday at Darien Dunkin’ Donuts by Weaths Across America Location Chairman, David E. Polett with Captain, USNR, Sueann Schorr; Good Wife’s River DAR Regent, Katherine Love, and DAR member, Winifred Lom.

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Wreaths Across America 2018 sponsorships at $15 per wreath were collected on Saturday, Oct. 6, at Darien Dunkin’ Donuts. Volunteers will be collecting wreath sponsorships every weekend in October at various locations in Darien.

This year’s WAA wreath laying ceremony will be held on Dec. 15, at noon in Darien’s Spring Grove Veterans’ Cemetery. (Spring Grove is one of three official veterans’ cemeteries in Connecticut. The other two Connecticut cemeteries are in Rocky Hill and Middletown.)

Next Saturday, Oct. 13, volunteers will be collecting at two locations: Palmer’s Market on Heights Road from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at Mama Carmela’s Deli on the Post Road from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. On Saturday, Oct. 20, collections will continue at Dunkin Donuts, starting at 8 a.m.

Last year, a wreath covered every one of the 2,184 graves in the veterans’ section of the Spring Grove Veterans’ Cemetery. The public is encouraged to purchase wreath sponsorships and to attend the ceremony to help in the placement of the wreaths.

Wreaths can be ordered directly from Wreaths Across America, with the Group ID code of CT0007 and the Location Code of CTSGVD noted on the check or order form so that the wreaths arrive at the Darien location. The mailing address is WAA, P.O. Box 249 Columbia Falls, ME 04623. Wreaths can also be ordered from the WAA website.

Wreaths Across America is a non-profit founded to expand the annual wreath laying at Arlington Cemetery. In addition to Arlington, wreaths are placed at over 1,400 sites throughout the world.

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