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Farmers Branch Canyon Cemetery seeks Wreaths Across America participation; Friends group discusses fundraising and tombstone program
Summary
A board subcommittee has applied to Wreaths Across America for wreath-laying at Farmers Branch Canyon Cemetery and plans volunteer-led placement; Friends group fundraising, donation methods and a possible tombstone-cleaning partnership with Plano Conservancy were also discussed.
Members of the Farmers Branch Historical Preservation & Restoration Board discussed cemetery-programming and fundraising steps at their meeting.
Speaker 4 said she submitted an application to Wreaths Across America to have Farmers Branch Canyon Cemetery join the national wreath-laying day (coordinated with Arlington) and described the program’s logistics: a Friends 501(c)(3) would process orders on a website, donors can request placement at a specific gravesite, and the program often matches donor orders (Speaker 4 said, “if someone orders 2 … the Wreaths Across…
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