ETMAC Members and Unit Commanders:
Please see the attached and below Media Release announcing Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett’s Wreaths Across America Campaign to place a wreath at every Veterans headstone at all three of the Vet Cemeteries in Knox County.
If you buy two wreaths, a third one is donated for free. Please pass this information onto your unit personnel and veteran organization members. Let’s work hard to make sure a wreath is place at every headstone in all three cemeteries!!
Thank you!
Patrice Collins
Board Member and Admin Support for ETMAC-East Tennessee Military Affairs Council
Economic Development Assistant
Knoxville Chamber | 17 Market Square, Suite 201 | Knoxville, TN 37902
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From: Jennifer Linginfelter
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 9:26 AM
To: Communications
Subject: RELEASE: Wreaths Across America 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Michael Grider Jennifer Linginfelter
215-4750 office 215-4579 office
363-8681 cell 803-5509 cell
Mayor Burchett announces effort to raise funds for wreaths at veteran cemeteries
Knoxville, Tenn. (Oct. 12, 2016) — Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett is once again launching a Wreaths Across America team in an effort to raise funds to place as many live wreaths as possible on the graves of veterans buried at the three veterans cemetery locations in Knox County.
A $15 sponsorship will pay for a wreath made of live greenery to be placed on a veteran’s grave at either the Old East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery on Lyons View Pike, the New East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery on Governor John Sevier Highway or the Knoxville National Cemetery on Tyson Street near Old Gray Cemetery.
“If you simply sponsor one wreath or choose to sponsor 100, you are honoring veterans and families who have honored our community with their service,” said Mayor Burchett. “Whether the men and women buried in our veteran cemeteries were lost during combat or after living a long life, we do this for the family members who are still living.”
There are more than 15,000 veterans buried at the three veteran cemetery locations in Knox County.
Anyone wanting to sponsor a wreath can do so by visiting http://www.knoxcounty.org and clicking on the Wreaths Across America banner. The organization is also offering a “three-for-two” sponsorship special, which means it will donate a wreath for every two that are sponsored.
The deadline for online donations is Nov. 28, and the deadline for donations made by check is Nov. 21. Checks should be made payable to “Wreaths Across America” and mailed to 400 Main Street, Suite 615, Knoxville, TN 37902. The wreaths will be placed on the graves Dec. 17.
Wreaths Across America is a national non-profit that works to place live wreaths on veteran graves during the holidays.
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Jennifer Linginfelter
Communications Manager
Office of Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett
865-215-4579 Office
865-803-5509 Cell
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