2024 A Corporate & Community Challenge - Honor & Remember Veterans @ Riverside National Cemetery

National Wreaths Across America Day @ Riverside National Cemetery by WAA's Volunteer Location Coordinator, Empathy is the Remedy Foundation

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2024 National Wreaths Across America Day @ Riverside National Cemetery

Saturday, December 14th, 9:00 AM PST

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Here is the most recent schedule for Saturday’s National Wreaths Across America Day: Friday, December 13, 2024 1000 - 1300 - Wreaths Scheduled to Arrive at Cemetery 1300 – 1630 - Wreath Unloading and Staging - we need as many volunteers as possible to help unload wreath boxes and stage at wreath distribution points. Saturday, December 14, 2024 – National Wreaths Across America (WAA) Day 0600 – Preparation and Unboxing of Wreaths 0800 - Ceremony Participants Call Time - Amphitheater 0900 – Ceremony Starts - Amphitheater Immediately Following the Ceremony – Wreath Distribution and Laying begins Distribution points will be at the Sections that the cemetery has selected for Wreath Laying this year. The selected sections are: 12 thru 20 Volunteers PLEASE COME EARLY. Wreath distribution is first come first serve and initially limited to about 3 wreaths per person/trip. Volunteers can come back multiple times to the distribution points and retrieve more wreaths as long as there are wreaths still available to distribute - so please arrive in time for the ceremony to ensure chance of getting wreaths to place before they run out. Distribution points will close as soon as all wreaths have been distributed or placed. PARKING: Please help us by keeping the main roadway, traffic circles, and the Car Staging Lanes clear. See No Parking Zones on the event map. Other than that, there is plenty of parking at this cemetery, so feel free to park in any available spot along the other side streets leading to the various sections. --SAVE THE DATE-- Saturday, January 11, 2025 0700 – Wreath Pick up and Clean Up – need as many volunteers as possible to pick up wreaths and bring them to the trash/recycle bin areas. - Helpful to have volunteers with pick up trucks or other cargo vehicles to make hauling of wreaths from the various sections easier. Volunteer Sign Up at this link: https://givebutter.com/LawoqJ

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Thank you for a record 2024!

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

Campaign Update

3 months ago

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Wreath Delivery, Unloading and Staging

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.

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