Cherokee Memorial Veterans Day NOVEMBER 4-16, 2024
Join Cherokee Memorial in celebrating our Veterans this Veterans Day November 11th. Cherokee Memorial is accepting donations for care packages to support our troops overseas as well as honoring the memory of veterans by offering families visiting the park a small flag to place at the veterans interment site.
Care Package Donations
November 4 through November 16, 2024
2 Ways to Help
Care Package Mailing Expense Donation
Contributing Suitable Items for Care Packages
Remembering our veterans
November 8-11
Honor the memory of a Veteran by placing an American Flag on their Interment site
Families who are visiting the burial site of aVeteran at Cherokee Memorial Park may stop by the cemetery office to pick up a smallAmerican Flag to place on their interment site.
Approved List for Care Packages
Food (Individual Serving Sizes, NO Bulk Items)
Granola Bars & Power Bars
Trail Mix, Dried Fruit & Raisins
Salted Nuts ( any kind)
Pudding Cup (non refrigerated)
Sun flower Seeds
Cup-O-Soup
Peanut Butter (small plastic jars)
Popcorn (microwave)
Beef Jerky / Slim Jims / Spam
Gum & Hard Candy
Cheez-Whiz
Kool-Aid (sugar free) / Crystal Light
TOILETRIES (Small Travel Size, NO Hotel Samples)
Liquid Hand Sanitizer (non alcohol)
Eye Drops (i.e. Visine)
Lip Balm & Chapstick
Hand & Body Lotion (unscented)
Nail Clippers
Feminine Products
Lozenges, Cough & Aqua Drops
Breath Mints / Listerine Strips
Dental Floss
Band-Aids
Tylenol & Aspirin Packets
Midol Packets
Moleskin
Sunblock, Sunscreen, Zinc
Bug Spray & Deet (non aerosol)
Q-Tips
Nail Files / Emery Boards
Foot Powder
Entertainment
Playing Cards
Mini Travel Games
Crossword & Puzzle Books
Paper Back Books
Movies DVD (new or used)
Frisbees
Yo Yo’s
Joke Books
Music CD’s (new or used)
Wiffl e Balls
Nerf Footballs
Magazines
Other
Baggies (Zip Lock Freezer quart & gallon size)
Black Cotton or Wool Socks (calf length)
White Cotton Socks (calf length)
Baby Wipes (unscented)