Annual Wreath Project ~ Sacramento Valley National Cemetery

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RememberAVet.net - Honoring Our Fallen

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to, and including my life."   That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.  --Author Unknown


Our mission is to secure donations to purchase wreaths, ensuring that each grave site at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery is recognized and honored during the holiday season. 


We are also concentrating on raising awareness of this project and encouraging other civic groups, organizations and individuals to join in this effort each year, for this and other cemeteries.




2021 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES


      **Volunteers needed to unload trucks - Friday, December 10, 2021 @ 3:30 PM

  (Teenagers and adults)

Please call or text 707.249.5852 if you are able to help unload trucks and let us know how many in your volunteer group....thank you!  Event goes on, rain or shine!


  **Volunteers needed to place boughs - 

Saturday, December 11, 2021, starting at 8:oo AM


**Updates will be posted on our Facebook page: Wreath Project (Sacramento Valley National Cemetery).  You are encouraged to check back here frequently and check the FB page.  You may want to join the email group ([email protected]) for event information and year-round updates as well.


**Following the bough placement, volunteers are also needed to help transfer the cardboard to dumpsters on-site.  All the cardboard is stacked near the road and volunteers and pick ups are needed to haul to dumpsters.  Hauling can start once the crowd thins out and the roads are clearing.  Cemetery staff there will be point of contact if you have any questions.


**Volunteers needed to pick up boughs for disposal on-site - Date & Time TBA

 Volunteers may bring a pole or dowel to work in pairs and string wreaths on them for easy pick up.  Boughs are hauled out to the curb and picked up by garbage trucks.  Volunteers of all ages are welcome and this usually takes 90 minutes or so; no sign-up required...just show up!


To sign-up for our email group and keep current with events and volunteer needs at SVNC, send an email to [email protected].

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2021 Early bough placement

For families and friends wanting a more private placement, boughs will be available for pick up at the following locations early.  You may pick up a bough and place it any time before the public event.  You will notice that this year there will be an early pick up location at the cemetery.  It will be a drive-thru station to keep everyone safe and socially distanced.  Call or text 707.249.5852 for any questions.

Sacramento Valley National Cemetery drive-thru 

Saturday & Sunday, Dec 4th & 5th   10 AM - 3 PM (weekend only) 


*Winters location*  Stocking Real Estate, 7 E Main Street, Ste D, Winters, CA

                            8 AM - 12 PM: Monday - Friday, Dec 6 - 10 




Sacramento Valley National Cemetery
5810 Midway Road
Dixon, CA  95620

 

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