After the school shooting, planning for Wreaths Across America Day in Uvalde “was too much” — but the generosity of volunteers from thousands of miles away helped get the job done.
" has very local flavor even though it’s a national organization," Karen Worcester, a member of the organization’s founding family, toldChristmas wreaths placed by volunteers sit in front of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery on December 17, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia.
"Last year, we were able to get all graves covered ," said Melissa Federspill of the Uvalde Leader News. "This year,But, the generosity of volunteers from thousands of miles away is still getting the job done. Their group had raised more than enough wreaths to honor all of their local veterans, so they voted to use 600 wreaths from their "bank" to send to Uvalde. That amount not only covers Uvalde’s locally interred veterans, but also the entire community.
"That’s what the Wreaths Across America family is all about," she continued. "It doesn’t matter, any veteran buried anywhere in this country, deserves the recognition." Worcester says one of the main missions of the tradition is to teach kids and the next generations the value of the cost of freedom.
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