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ATTENTION TROOP 26 SCOUTS AND PARENTS!
SPECIAL SERVICE PROJECT ON DECEMBER 14
On Saturday, December 14, Troop 26 Scouts and available parents are requested to participate in, perhaps, our most important service project of the year. The Commanding Officer of the Santa Barbara Chapter of The American Legion has requested Scout units throughout the Santa Barbara area to place Christmas wreaths on the gravesites of military veterans in cemeteries across the community. This will be a part of the Wreaths Across America Program which originated back in 1992 when a young boy suggested such a nationwide project after observing Christmas wreaths being placed on veterans graves at Arlington National Cemetery. The project has now grown to over 5,000 cemeteries across the country with over 2 Million people, 50,000 Scouts, and numerous veterans organizations, service clubs, and average citizens placing the wreaths.
We are asking all members and leaders of Troop 26 to wear Class A Scout uniforms, along with available parents and family members respectfully attired, to join this special Day of Remembrance in the spirit of the Holiday Season at the Santa Barbara Cemetery, 901 Channel Drive. We will meet at 9:30am at the flagpole on the hilltop about 100 yards above the cemetery entrance gate. The wreaths will be waiting for us at that location. We expect the news media, including television cameras, to be present to cover the project.
If all of our Scouts attend and each places just ten American wreaths on the selected gravesites, we can be finished very quickly. Upon completion, we will regroup at the flagpole for a very brief salute and silent tribute to the veterans, followed by the playing of Taps by our Troop Bugler, Liam Cook
Each Patrol Leader is to check with their Patrol Members and strongly encourage their participation. Patrol Leaders and the SPL and ASPL are to bring the patrol and troop flags and their stands to this event. A list of Scout participants should be delivered to the Senior Patrol leader at the next Troop meeting after the project.
Tom Parker, Assistant Scoutmaster for Service Projects
