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Throughout the month of July, national nonprofit Wreaths Across America will feature its annual Giving in July campaign — a month dedicated to the groups and individuals giving back in their communities while helping to share the mission to “Remember, Honor and Teach.”
Locally, West Virginia Caring hospice is one of those sponsorship groups raising funds through the sale of wreaths sponsorships to support its efforts. WV Caring, a 501(c)3 non-profit end-of-life-provider, has been dedicated to improving care for those facing life-limiting illness through direct support of patients and their families while providing advocacy, outreach, education and expertise in grief support to the entire community. WV Caring is one of a few nonprofit, stand-alone hospices serving north-central West Virginia.
Since its founding in 2007, WAA has partnered with hundreds of like-minded charities, community programs and civic groups throughout the country to remember and honor the nation’s veterans and active-duty military all year long.
Giving in July celebrates these groups, like WV Caring, and highlights the opportunity to “do good twice” through the sponsorship of veterans’ wreaths through the organization’s group sponsorship program. Through the program, donations received in fact “do good twice” because WAA gives back $5 of each $15 wreath sponsorship made to support the local group’s own mission, which include programs helping veterans, military families, youth and more, in communities across the country. Through this national program, WAA has given back nearly $15 million in local contributions over the last 13 years.
“I have long said, it would be disingenuous for us as an organization whose mission is to remember the fallen, honor those that serve and their families, and teach the next generation the value of freedom, if we do not support other like-minded programs doing just that in their communities,” said WAA Executive Director Karen Worcester. “Our group sponsorship program is a year-round effort, but through Giving in July we hope to remind people that veterans and our current military serve and protect us 365 days a year and it is never too early to make a difference in your own community.”
This year, more than 2,500 cemeteries will participate in National Wreaths Across America Day, including West Virginia National Cemetery — Dec. 18, 2021 — and more than 4,000 sponsorship groups are working in their communities to raises funds and awareness to honor the local service members with the placement of veterans’ wreaths made of fresh Maine balsam.
To support WV Caring by sponsoring a wreath to be placed at West Virginia National Cemetery, please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/WV0060P.
“We have been attending wreath laying ceremonies and participating in Wreaths Across America since 2014, when my grandfather, Jack Kirchberg, was buried in West Virginia National Cemetery,” said Marissa Fox, volunteer service coordinator for WV Caring.
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