Since 2007 the Nevada Veterans Coalition has been placing wreaths on the thousands of graves at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley.
Each December volunteers spend a day placing the wreaths in a program called 'Wreaths Across America'. For the past few years the coalition has been able to raise enough money to place one wreath on every grave at the cemetery. "That is what makes it possible for us to do it each year. If it wasn't for the people involved other than what we do, we would not be able to do it," says Tom Draughon with the Nevada Veterans Coalition.
There are currently over 8,000 veterans buried at the cemetery, and that number grows every year. The coalition says seeing all the wreaths is a surreal feeling. "When you are all finished and you have 8,000 veterans remembered, it is such a warm feeling that comes through you and I think everyone has that as well," says Draughon.
So far the coalition has enough raised to place 3,000 wreaths, you can help raise that number by donating to the Nevada Veterans Coalition online: http://www.supportnnvc.org/
Each wreath costs $15.
