Wreaths Across America Sponsor, Olde Towne Fenton Chapter, NSDAR

The Olde Towne Fenton (OTF) Chapter, NSDAR recently awarded its Community Service Award to Josh McGuire, President of Operations at McGuire Moving & Storage, located in St. Louis, MO. As part of the Wreaths Across American (WAA) program, each December for the past eight years, Mr. McGuire has volunteered his time and the resources of his trucking firm transporting truckloads of fresh, balsam fir wreaths picked up in the State of Maine and transported to St. Louis, Missouri in order to honor those heroes laid to rest at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. The company also serves a critical function in the transportation logistics chain by providing a cross-dock operation. Each December for about ten days, McGuire Moving & Storage clear out warehouse space to get wreaths loaded onto and off of trucks as truckers move wreaths to cemeteries across the country.

Jennifer Tice-Williams, OTF’s Chair of the Community Service Award Committee, congratulated Josh and expressed appreciation for his volunteer service to help in Wreaths Across America’s mission to REMEMBER the Fallen, to HONOR those who Serve, and to TEACH our children the value of Freedom. OTF is proudly sponsoring 100 wreaths this year, contributing toward NSDAR’s sponsorship of the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit.

The Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit is ideally suited to further the goals and objectives of DAR; it seems to be a match made in heaven. WAA’s goal is to Remember, Honor, Teach. The education trailer moves the mission to remember the fallen, honor those who serve and their families and teach our children the value of freedom in local communities. The 48-foot trailer includes a movie theater that seats twenty people for visual presentations, and inside and outside TV monitors to play videos highlighting the mission and purpose of Wreaths Across America. Interactive, touch screens allow guests to sponsor a wreath, or to search for participating cemeteries. The education trailer is well suited for many types of events; elementary schools; Veteran events; employee/customer appreciation events, community events and of course DAR events.

Linda Kanevsky, Olde Towne Fenton Chapter Regent, praised Mr. McGuire while presenting OTF’s Community Service Award and remarked how proud her chapter was of this hometown award recipient and his achievements and contributions nationally with the Wreaths Across America program.