A woman places a wreath at the graaesite of a loved one at the 2014 "Wreaths Across America" program at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Fernley.
Although the national program to lay wreaths at veterans’ gravesites started in 1992, the program at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial cemetery in Fernley began in 2007 with 28 wreaths and a crowd that numbered about 50.
More than 5,000 wreaths are needed for this year event.
According to a spokesman, wreaths were placed on every memorial at NNVMC last year, More than 1,000 people attended the one-hour ceremony, which coincided with the laying of wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery at noon, Eastern Time.
This year’s ceremony is Dec, 12 at 9 a.m.
The Northern Nevada Veterans Coalition has been involved in the Wreaths Across America project for eight years. In that first year, the coalition purchased 40 wreaths from the donations received from the community.
The Northern Nevada Veteran’s Coalition and more than 500 volunteers placed 3,690 wreaths on veterans graves during the past year.
According to the NNVMC, a donation of $15 purchases one wreath.
Individuals may access the website http://www.supportnnvc.org/PDF/wreath_order_form.pdf to send in their donation.