VFW Seeks Volunteers and Donations for Wreath Laying at Lakeview Cemetery

Volunteers are wanted to assist VFW Post 653 in New Canaan to lay wreaths at the graves of deceased veterans at Lakeview Cemetery in order to honor and remember their service. All are welcome to participate on Saturday, December 7, in remembrance for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day from 8am to 10am at the Lakeview Cemetery on Main Street in New Canaan. Please gather at the lower veterans section no later than 7:50am (from the Millport Avenue/Main Street entrance, over the bridge and straight forward). Refreshments will be served.

The annual effort is supported financially by the Exchange Club, which provides the wreaths at cost, money raised from poppy sales over Memorial Day weekend and private donations. Post 653 uses fundraising proceeds to pay for wreaths and flags that are laid during the Christmas season and on Memorial Day on all known veterans’ graves at Lakeview and other cemeteries in New Canaan.
If you know of a recently deceased veteran buried in New Canaan or if you would like to contribute to the annual cost of purchasing 1,200 wreaths and bows, please contact Mike McGlinn at 203-962-1302 or email at Michael@mcglinnins.com.