Military Moms, White Chapel Ship 80 Care Packages to Troops Overseas

The following information was submitted by Maribeth Farkas/White Chapel Cemetery.

White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery in Troy recently hosted its Fifth Annual Care Package Drive for Overseas Military Troops which resulted in the collection of thousands of items ranging from coffee to duct tape to granola bars. A team from White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery recently delivered donated items to the Michigan Military Moms for packaging. The Michigan Military Moms mailed approximately 80 packages to overseas military troops.

“It is an honor for us to host the care package drive for overseas military troops,” said David R. Krall, vice president of White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery. “The generosity of metro Detroiters each year is inspiring. It is important for our military troops overseas to know that we are thinking about them and appreciate all they do each day to preserve our freedom.”

“The Michigan Military Moms are overwhelmed by the response of the donation drive,” Michigan Military Moms Vice President Merrill Griffin said. “We thank the community for their generosity and White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery for hosting the care package drive. We mail care packages to troops from Michigan as well as to any service person for which we have an address.”

Regarded as Michigan’s veterans’ cemetery, White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery is home to several veterans’ memorials, including the WWII Four Freedoms Memorial, inspired by President Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms. The Memorial is sculptured in marble in one of White Chapel’s most impressive memorials. For more information about White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, visit www.whitechapelcemetery.com.