Hello Supporters,

We are Proud to Announce that a Record number of Wreaths were placed in 2024 and there were over 2000 volunteers registered. A heartfelt THANK YOU to our incredible team, partners, donors, and volunteers!

We celebrated a memorable National Wreaths Across America Day at Riverside National Cemetery, placing a record 16,896 wreaths to honor and remember veterans at our location last Saturday.

We couldn't have done it without your support! We appreciate you all and we hope to have all of you onboard again as we continuously grow and enhance the program in 2025 and beyond. Please Save the date - next National Wreaths Across America event at Riverside National Cemetery will be on Saturday, December 13, 2025!

On that note, Let's start 2025 with a Bang. Don't miss this special WREATH MATCH opportunity to get a head start for the 2025 event. For a limited time, from now and ending January 17th, 2025 every wreath sponsored through a registered WAA Sponsorship Group will be matched by Wreaths Across America Headquarters. Double your impact and honor twice as many heroes!

Our Wreath Match Link is here: https://wreathsacrossamerica.org/CA0664P

or inquire with your favorite WAA Sponsorship Group. (wreaths must be sponsored thru a WAA Sponsorship Group during this limited time to be Matched by HQ)

We also need your help for Wreath Retirement and Clean Up! Join us on Saturday, January 11, 2025, starting at 7:00 AM, to help retire the record number of wreaths we placed last weekend.

Register to Volunteer for the Wreath Retirement activity here: https://givebutter.com/LawoqJ

*Note that we have just been informed by cemetery management that impending Government Shutdown could impact schedule for Wreath Retirement. Please register above to ensure you get the latest updates and any possible rescheduling notifications.

We are Empathy is the Remedy Foundation - a 501c3 Nonprofit Organization. We are the volunteer Wreaths Across America Location Coordinator for Riverside National Cemetery. We plan, promote, and host the wreath event and program at the cemetery annually – since 2022. We post the latest updates on our website and on Social Media, so please follow us there.

To learn more about us, our Wreath Program at Riverside National Cemetery, and for our social media accounts see our LinkTree here: https://linktr.ee/empathyistheremedy

We are an organization of volunteers who strive to grow, improve, and enhance ourselves individually and the wreath program as a whole each year that we have coordinated this endeavor. Your feedback and suggestions are most insightful. Please share any you have - the good, the bad, what we did well, and any areas of improvement. We take all feedback and suggestions and they are discussed in our "After Action Report" during our Event Leadership Committee meeting in the Spring. Please email your feedback, suggestions, and other inquiries to our dedicate Wreaths email address here: wreaths@empathyistheremedy.org

Thank you again for supporting the Mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach at Riverside National Cemetery.

Sincerely,

Roger Ledina

Executive Director

Empathy is the Remedy Foundation

We are 1 day out from the Big Event  on Saturday. But first we have Wreath Delivery, Unloading and Staging activities in preparation today.  If you signed up or would like to help for these Friday activities, join us this afternoon starting at 1PM at Riverside National Cemetery.  Meet at the Amphitheater for further instructions.

Thank you for supporting the Mission!