2024 Cruizin For A Cause - Honor & Remember Veterans @ Riverside National Cemetery
For National Wreaths Across America Day @ Riverside National Cemetery by WAA's Volunteer Location Coordinator, Empathy is the Remedy Foundation
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2024 Cruzin For A Cause - National Wreaths Across America Day @ Riverside National Cemetery
Sat, Dec 14 8:00 AM – Wed, Jan 8 12:00 AM PST
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Join us for a thrilling car, truck, and motorcycle cruize to honor our fallen heroes at Riverside National Cemetery! Cruize is in conjunction with National Wreaths Across America (WAA) Day event at Riverside National Cemetery hosted by WAA Location Coordinator - Empathy is the Remedy Foundation By Cruizin with us, you, and/or your club/team/group/shop can: Support the Mission: Remember the Fallen, Honor Those Who Serve, and Teach the Next Generation the Value of Freedom. Have a Unique & Meaningful Experience Foster Community and Camaraderie Advocate for an Impactful Cause Honor our Fallen Heroes Enhance your Club/Team/Group's reputation Showcase your commitment to social responsibility and community involvement. Cruize Participant Details: • Cost: Suggested Donation of at least $17 per vehicle/motorcycle/guest (cost of 1 wreath to place on a veteran's grave) • Route: Coordinate your route with team members; use group message feature to coordinate with others. • Arrival & Departure: Staging time cutoff of 8:00 AM at Event Showcase Area. Facility opens at sunrise. We ask that all vehicles/motorcycles remain staged or park until all wreaths have been laid. • Staging & Parking: Staging in the Event Showcase Area will be first come first serve until all vehicle and motorcycle spaces have been filled or until access closes at the 8:00 AM staging cutoff time. Teams/Club/Orgs rolling in with more than 10 Vehicles/Motorcycles can prearrange staging time slot and designated area together. Once the Showcase Area space allocated for vehicles/bikes participating in the Cruize are full or access is cutoff, remaining participants can park in the general parking areas for other volunteers and guests. • Sound: location is in a National Cemetery and event/ceremony to honor veterans laid to rest is a very emotional and solemn occasion for many in attendance, please keep music and noise in check. Here is the most recent schedule for Saturday’s National Wreaths Across America Day: Saturday, December 14, 2024 – National Wreaths Across America (WAA) Day 0600 – Preparation and Unboxing of Wreaths 0800 - Ceremony Participants Call Time - Amphitheater 0800 - Cruizin For A Cause - Participants Event Showcase Staging Cutoff Time 0900 – Ceremony Starts - Amphitheater Immediately Following the Ceremony – Wreath Distribution and Laying begins Ends when all wreaths have been placed. GENERAL PARKING: Please help us by keeping the main roadway, traffic circles, and the 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.
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Dear Enthusiasts and Supporters,
Thank you for participating in our Inaugural Cruzin For A Cause.
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
Emathy is the Remedy Thank you for supporting the Mission to Remember, Honor and Teach!
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Emathy is the Remedy Thank you for supporting the Mission to Remember, Honor and Teach!
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Emathy is the Remedy Thank you for your service and supporting the Mission to Remember, Honor and Teach!
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Emathy is the Remedy Thank you for supporting the Mission to Remember, Honor and Teach!
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