Post 4: Bend, Oregon

Start Time:
9:00 AM

Location:

First Presbyterian Church for the ceremony.  The wreaths will be placed at Greenwood Cemetery.  First Presbyterian Church is located at 230 NE 9th St., Bend, OR 97701.  Greenwood Cemetery is located at NE 12th St. and NE Hawthorne Ave., Bend, OR 97701.

Agenda:

The annual Wreaths Across America Ceremony and placement will take place on Saturday, December 16.  At 12:00 PM Eastern Time, ceremony takes place at Arlington National Cemetery.  Ceremonies around the country will do its programs at the same moment.  In Bend, the ceremony will take place at 9:00 AM Pacific Time.  Following the ceremony, the wreaths will be placed at Greenwood Cemetery.  

To have wreaths to lay December 16, we are asking you to sponsor one or more wreaths.  The sponsorship form is attached to the e-mail sent to the members... you can print it out, complete it any mail it in with your check, or you can use your credit card and sponsor online. As this is a also a fundraiser for the Post and Auxiliary, it is important to include our Fundraising ID Number...following are instructions for online payments to make sure we get the credit and the wreath is delivered to Greenwood Cemetery: 

1.       Visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org and click on the big red “DONATE” button

 

2.       Select the “Sponsor through a local fundraising group” and enter the group ID OR0018P in the “search by” box above the map of the states.

 

3.    Click on the group name from the dropdown box and click the view button in the smaller box that appears and you will be taken to the group’s online fundraising page.. ( please note *the sponsored wreaths will automatically be credited to the location through the fundraising group page so there is no need to access the location page first).

 

4.       Click the red Donate button on the right side of the page and follow the steps for the sponsorship process from here (please note that you can enter any dollar amount in by clicking on the small black arrow that appears beside the automated suggested amount shown; if you click on the words “Choose amount to sponsor” you can remove those words and enter the amount you wish to sponsor (example: $5.00 or $32.00 or $105.00) OR you can select one of the preset amounts from the dropdown field).