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Glossies Made Me Do It: Donate money so soldier's get a flower on their grave in honor of Memorial Day #ontheblog #memorialdayflowers Share on XGlossies Made Me Do It: Woman’s Day May 2019
In the May 2019 issue of Woman’s Day, there is a fun article all about ways you can celebrate Memorial Day (Monday, May 27 this year) and I decided to utilize one of their ideas to give back to those who served for our country. My brother was in the Army, so anything related to the military is extra important to me.
Memorial Day Flowers
Out of the six ideas in the magazine, I decided to go with Donate Flowers. You visit the website Memorial Day Flowers and click the Donate button. There are options for various amounts, starting at $5, or you can put in your own amount. You can put in the reason you’re donating, and have that show up on the website with or without your name if you like as well.
If you donate $5, then five flowers will be placed on soldier’s graves. There’s a whole list of the graveyards on the website if you’re curious where they go. I chose the $5 option, and then I agreed to pay the 3% transaction fee (it was 15 cents) so that 100% of my money went toward providing the flowers. Definitely worth it!
No, it’s not a ton of money, but it’s something, and five graves will now have flowers in honor of Memorial Day. I definitely recommend checking out the website, or taking a look at the other ways to celebrate Memorial Day in Woman’s Day magazine.
What do you think? Will you be donating? How do you celebrate Memorial Day?
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What a beautiful gesture and something people can do to show respect and gratitude. I don’t think we have the mass war graves that the US have. I’ve seen the large marble plaques that list names of fallen soldiers and they often have a little allocated slot next to their names for people to place a poppy in remembrance. I wonder if they have something similar for return soldiers still living. You’re such a beautiful soul Lauren.
I think this is such a fabulous idea. I have never heard of it before and oh man…this just really touched my heart. You are doing a wonderful thing Lauren for these soldiers. xoxo
That’s a really nice thing to do for Memorial Day!
That’s such a sweet and wonderful idea!
What a cool thing to do! So glad you donated and that they shared this! 🙂 XO – Alexandra
Simply Alexandra: My Favorite Things
That’s a really great idea!
what a wonderful and touching idea, thank you so much for this. I didn’t know we could do this.
That is such a wonderful thing to do, especially for those soldiers who may not have anyone else to pay tribute to them. I love that you are doing this for them Lauren! How wonderful!
What a lovely idea and a great way to give back to people who have given everything to protect our country! I would really like to get down to Arlington National Cemetary (so close to me) and help them put flags up on all the graves for Memorial Day.
What a fantastic idea! Such a lovely way to honour those who have sacrificed so much! 🙂
What a wonderful way to celebrate memorial day and our soldiers!
This is such a stunning gesture – absolutely love it!
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This is such a great day to honor the holiday! Going to have to check it out and donate. The military runs deep in our families. So glad you shared this!
Oh this is a neat concept!
That is such a wonderful way to celebrate Memorial Day!
I absolutely love this Lauren!! <3
I love this! What an amazingly easy but deeply wonderful thing to do! I think I am going to donate 🙂
That is a fantastic idea! I think that’s going to be our family donation for the month of May!
What a terrific idea!
This is a lovely idea. I have done the donate a book in a soldier’s name. The library book gets a plaque inside with their name, rank, branch etc.
What a great idea! We haven’t even thought about Memorial Day haha.
Iv’e done care packages for the enlisted and also the dogs 🙂 int he past but this is a wonderful idea.
Karen @ For What It’s Worth
I think this is such a lovely gesture. I had never heard of it before so thanks for bringing it to my attention.
I love this concept! Going to check it out.
What a wonderful idea and a perfect way to honor the many people who have sacrificed for us.
I bookmarked the site so that I can go back and make a donation on my next payday. Thanks for sharing this, it is exactly the type of thing I like to donate money to when I hear abou tit.
I love seeing this. My husband served 20 years in the Navy so military service is something close to home. My thanks to your brother for serving.
It is amazing how easy it is to donate flowers, I didn’t even know you could do this!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
Giving flowers is always a great way to make someone else’s day!
Wow, this is such an awesome thing to do. I love programs like this, especially when they make it an option to have 100% of your donations go to the cause. Thanks for sharing this!
Have been out of the loop for all things blogging while caring for my mom. Trying to catch up now that I am home. I always love these posts and this one, in particular, warms my heart. Will make a donation, too. Thank you for sharing this with us!
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