Michael Trebert DAR named top in state for Wreaths Across America effort

April 16, 2025 2:30 am
Members of the Michael Trebert DAR Chapter that served as Location Coordinators for each cemetery that received wreaths as part of the Wreaths Across America effort are, left to right Gardiner Cemetery LC: Trish Bekkevar (Gardiner Cemetery); Forks Cemetery LC: Lindsey Christianson (Forks Cemetery); Amira-Lee Salavati (Mount Angeles); Donna Bower (Blue Mountain) and Gwynn Oden (Ocean View). Not pictured are Diane Cox (Dungeness Cemetery) and Anita Reynolds (Sequim View Cemetery).
Members of the Michael Trebert DAR Chapter that served as Location Coordinators for each cemetery that received wreaths as part of the Wreaths Across America effort are, left to right Gardiner Cemetery LC: Trish Bekkevar (Gardiner Cemetery); Forks Cemetery LC: Lindsey Christianson (Forks Cemetery); Amira-Lee Salavati (Mount Angeles); Donna Bower (Blue Mountain) and Gwynn Oden (Ocean View). Not pictured are Diane Cox (Dungeness Cemetery) and Anita Reynolds (Sequim View Cemetery).

The national nonprofit Wreaths Across America (WAA) has recognized the Michael Trebert DAR Chapter in Sequim as the top organization in the state for honoring locally interred veterans through wreath sponsorships and sharing the mission to remember and honor those who served.

Since its founding in 2007, WAA has collaborated with hundreds of like-minded organizations, volunteers, and civic groups nationwide to remember and honor the nation’s veterans. Through its national 3-for-2 sponsorship group program, an additional wreath was placed for every two sponsored.

In 2024, Michael Trebert DAR Chapter was able to honor 2,146 service members laid to rest at eight cemeteries — Sequim View Cemetery and Dungeness Cemetery in Sequim; Gardiner Community and Zaccardo cemeteries in Gardiner; Port Angeles cemeteries Mount Angeles Memorial Park, Ocean View and Blue Mountain; and Forks Community Cemetery.

Michael Trebert DAR members extend their gratitude to the following sponsors for their support of the Wreaths Across America effort:

MTC-WAA Diamond Wreath Sponsor:

Security Services Northwest, Inc.

MTC-WAA Gold Wreath Sponsors:

Clallam County International Brotherhood of Electrical Works #997

Clallam County Peninsula Funerals, LLC

Forks Lions Club

Mt. Olympus Detachment Marine Corp #897

Port Angeles Fraternal Order of the Eagles #483

Military Officers Association of America-Sequim

Sequim VFW Post #4760

MTC-WAA Silver Wreath Sponsor:

Forks Elks Lodge

MTC-WAA Bronze Wreath Sponsors:

Clallam County Veterans Association

First Fed-Forks

Sequim Pierson Financial Group