COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine, June 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, national nonprofit Wreaths Across America (WAA) announces the kick off to 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.

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 our nation's veterans and active duty military all year long. Giving in July celebrates these groups 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 –Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 – and more than 4,000 Sponsorship Groups are working in their communities to raises funds and awareness to honor the local servicemembers with the placement of veterans' wreaths made of fresh Maine balsam. Examples of the type of Groups that participate include, Daughters of the American Revolution Chapters, Civil Air Patrol Squadrons, Scouting Groups, VFWs, US Naval Sea Cadets, Young Marines, patriotic motorcycle clubs, school groups, and more. To find a Sponsorship Group supporting a participating cemetery in your community, please click here.

"Like the well-known concept 'Christmas in July,' considering our own charity during the summer months provides us the opportunity to encourage others to get involved early with the WAA mission and support our nation's veterans and military families in the communities they live, now," concluded Worcester.

Like and follow Wreaths Across America on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn, and tune in to Wreaths Across America Radio to learn more about the many #GivingInJuly Sponsorship Groups throughout the country and how they are playing a part in their own communities.

About Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization's mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at Arlington, as well as at thousands of veterans' cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond. 

For more information or to sponsor a wreath please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org.

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