Las Animas VFW Auxiliary #2411 kicks off 13th annual Wreath’s Across America Fundraiser

Description: Please contact Kathleen Tomlin at 719-456-2948 or any VFW Auxiliary Committee Members – Cheri Martenson, Dianna Robinson, and Sandra Milenski, if you wish to order a wreath.


Published: 10/05/2021
Byline: Tomlin

WREATHS ON SALE NOW

By Kathleen Tomlin

October 5, 2020

Las Animas VFW Auxiliary #2411 has kicked off their 13th annual Wreath’s Across America project. The National Theme this year is, “We stand on the shoulders of the heroes that come before us – LIVE UP TO THEIR LEGACY!”

The Auxiliary is selling $15.00 wreaths for Fort Lyon National Cemetery; Bent County/Las Animas Cemetery; and Peaceful Valley Cemetery on the Smith Ranch. The Auxiliary receives $5.00 for each wreath sold, and then in turn use this to help veteran projects in our area.

Last year your donations helped us support the VFW Post in a time of need; provided Christmas gifts for area poor veterans families; Fort Lyon veterans; Bent County Community Healthcare Center veterans; and the VA Pueblo Care Center in Pueblo, and many more projects. You may order wreaths for other cemeteries, pick them up at Fort Lyon, or Las Animas and distribute to your loved one’s graves in the area.

We have 620 veterans’ graves at Bent County/Las Animas Cemetery and approximately 2300 interred at Fort Lyon National Cemetery. The Ceremony and simultaneous laying of all wreaths at all locations nationwide, at sea, and abroad, will be held on December 18, 2021.

Everyone is encouraged to attend the wreath laying ceremony at Fort Lyon National Cemetery at 10:00 am, then help lay the wreaths at Fort Lyon and Bent County/Las Animas Cemeteries. Deadline for ordering wreaths is before Thanksgiving.

Please contact Kathleen Tomlin at 719-456-2948 or any VFW Auxiliary Committee Members – Cheri Martenson, Dianna Robinson, and Sandra Milenski, if you wish to order a wreath.

Forms are available at Val-U-Med Pharmacy or Kuhns Chiropractic Clinic. Darla Youngblood is the Area Coordinator for Wreaths Across America and she can be reached at 303-670-9077.

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