Thank you for being one of our strongest supporters, you are a vital part of our mission! The materials on this page are here to help you as a volunteer. If you need further assistance, please contact your Regional Liaison Team directly.
Join us on WAA Radio!
Wreaths Across America wants to feature YOU, our volunteers, each day on Wreaths Across America Radio! We would love to share the work you are doing to prepare in your local community for National Wreaths Across America Day. This will include scheduling a short, live phone interview with Wreaths Across America Radio Morning Show host, Michael W. Hale, and sharing a social media post on the Wreaths Radio Facebook page. Our team has developed a press release template and social media graphics that can help promote your local participation.
Looking for a way to share your plans and get people involved?
Please contact the Wreaths Radio team TODAY to schedule your interview via email here.
Each of these files are approved for volunteer use! They may be downloaded and used to promote your group or location's efforts with Wreaths Across America. If you need assistance with a specific graphic, please get in touch with your Regional Liaison!
All approved (and updated!) files and forms, volunteer tutorials, and media/marketing materials are found on this page. All customized materials need to be approved prior to printing and/or distribution, so be sure to email the proof directly to your Regional Liaison beforehand.
2023 Location and Sponsorship Group Handbook
2023 State House Ceremony Script
2023 State House Ceremony Planning Guide
2023 Proper Wreath Placement Instructions
2022 Certificate of Appreciation
2023 Certificate of Appreciation
Volunteer Service Hour Letter Template
2023 Wreath Sponsorship Order Form
2023 Wreath Sponsorship Order Form (Spanish)
2023 Grave Specific Wreath Sponsorship Form
2023 Grave Specific Wreath Sponsorship Form (Spanish)
Grant or Employee Giving Notification Form
2023 Sponsorship Group Policies
Contact at Location Approval Form
2023 Location Coordinator Policies
Email: locations@wreathsacrossamerica.org
Fax: 1-866-956-1625
Mail: PO Box 249, Columbia Falls, ME 04623
Group Leaders: Getting Started in 2023
Location Coordinators: Getting Started in 2023
2023 Grave Specific Requests Tutorial
Group Ranking Press Release Template
2022 Top Groups and Statistics Ranking
How to Create WAA Facebook Page for Registered Groups & Locations:
Live Streaming on Facebook: How-To Instructions
June 2023 Messaging Guide for Social Media
Veteran Remember Template for Social Media (requires free Canva account)
2023 Sponsorship PSA's (Videos Sized for Social Media Use)
Wreaths Across America - Official Facebook Page
Wreaths Across America - Radio Facebook Page
Mobile Education Exhibit Resource Guide
2023 Theme Press Release Template
2023 Flag Day TEACH Press Release Template
Official Location Press Release Template
Official Sponsorship Group Press Release Template
WAA Day Media Advisory Template
Fundraising Event Media Advisory Template
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 yearlong mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at thousands of participating locations in all 50 states and beyond. You can read the full history of the organization here - feel free to use!
Here’s a video version that will save you the reading:
National Wreaths Across America Day is a free, non-political event, that honors and remembers our nation's veterans who are laid to rest in more than 3,700 participating locations nationwide. This event if free and open to ALL people.
People living in communities all over this country have demonstrated that Wreaths Across America Day is important to them as Americans and loving family and friends. Thanks to our dedicated volunteers for making the mission a reality in communities across the country. It is because of YOU that the mission grows.
Volunteers and supporters remembering and honoring our nation’s heroes and their family members on Wreaths Across America Day
Wreaths Across America Day is held annually in December.
Remembering The Fallen at More than 2,000 Locations
Video by Blackfly Media: Volunteers moving the Mission throughout the year
Video by Blackfly Media: More Than two million sponsored veterans' wreaths were placed at over three thousand locations nationwide in 2022.
Video by WAA Staff: Trucks arrive in Ellsworth, ME
Video by WAA Staff: Veterans' Wreaths are made by vendor Worcester Wreath Co. Please note, anyone wishing to read about the difference between Wreaths Across America, the national non-profit organization, and Worcester Wreath Company, can read more here.