Fun fundraiser benefits Wreaths Across America

Staff photo by Mary Kemper An enthusiastic crew washes a car July 23 at the Auto Zone in Port St. Lucie to benefit Wreaths Across America in St. Lucie County.

Staff photo by Mary Kemper
An enthusiastic crew washes a car July 23 at the Auto Zone in Port St. Lucie to benefit Wreaths Across America in St. Lucie County.

Mary Kemper
Staff Writer
On a blistering hot July 23, the place to be was a car wash fundraiser for Wreaths Across America at the Auto Zone in Port St. Lucie.
As enthusiastic placard-wavers stood by the side of Port St. Lucie Boulevard encouraging motorists to pull in, a crew stood ready to thoroughly wash, rinse and hand-dry each car or truck.
It was all in benefit of Wreaths Across America for St. Lucie County, whose chair is Air Force veteran Diane Almodovar.
Wreaths Across America seeks to honor every fallen veteran with a holiday wreath each December wherever they are buried.
In St. Lucie County, the local organization has maintained its annual effort at White City Cemetery, and, just recently, Rolling Oaks Cemetery.
In Palm City, the organization is headed by Gold Star Mother Karen Zook.
It all got started in 1992, when Morrill Worcester, owner of the Worcester Wreath Co. of Bangor, Maine, realized a dream that began in boyhood.
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