FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 22, 2024
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Sara Stacy on behalf of Image Focus:
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Sylvania, OH—Toledo Memorial Park (the Park) will hold their annual car show on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. This fun family event benefits the Wreaths Across America program, led locally by your team at the Park.
“I look forward to the car show every summer,” said Mel Harbaugh, local coordinator of Wreaths Across America. “We celebrate our community while giving back to those who served during this long-standing event.”
Visitors can expect to see approximately three-to-four hundred unique and classic cars at the event along with food trucks, 50/50 drawings, door prizes and more.
“The car show has been going for more than a decade, it’s a great bookend to summer here at the Park,” said Jeff Clegg, president of Toledo Memorial Park. “We love our Sylvania community, and the car show is a great example of our dedication to serving the community through events, fulfilling partnerships, supporting other community events and so much more.”
Upcoming Events:
Annual Car Show
Sunday, Aug. 18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Rain date: Sunday, Aug. 25.
Join the Park president, Jeff Clegg and Wreaths Across America local coordinator, Mel Harbaugh for this fun family event and show your support for the community and our local fallen heroes.
Ridin’ Late in County 48
Saturday, Aug. 24:
Slow ride: 8-10 p.m.
Afterparty: 10 p.m.-midnight
Register here
This family friendly slow bicycle ride under the night sky is on a carefully planned route that features neighborhoods, parks and even the Park. Toledo Memorial Park is a proud sponsor of this long-running 9-mile ride event.
Wreaths Across America
Saturday, Dec. 14 at noon
Remember the Fallen. . . Honor those who Serve. . . Teach our children the value of Freedom.
Experience a touching ceremony with wreath placement immediately following at Toledo Memorial Park Cemetery and Mausoleum. This special event will remember and honor veterans by laying remembrance wreaths on the graves of our country's fallen heroes.
Please help us honor and remember as many fallen heroes as possible by sponsoring remembrance wreaths, volunteering on Wreaths Day, or inviting your family and friends to attend with you.
Specific grave requests at the cemetery can be made by contacting the location coordinator, Mel Harbaugh, at 46elapid@gmail.com to help ensure wreath placement.
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Sara Stacy on behalf of Image Focus:
(313) 510-2775 or sarastacypr@gmail.com
Toledo Memorial Park
Established in 1922, Toledo Memorial Park is the area’s finest cemetery, with 380 beautiful acres of meadows, ponds, magnificent trees, flowering plants and sculptures all designed to celebrate the living beauty of nature. Our goal has been to create a peaceful retreat where generations can gather in beauty and tranquility to remember their loved ones. The non-sectarian, non-denominational, non-profit Park is solely owned by property owners who believe in family, choices and commitment. The Park includes a crematory, mausoleums, chapels, columbariums and burial sections accommodating both lawn level memorials and upright monuments and provides for all individual preferences including earth burial, mausoleum entombment, cremation and inurnment. For more information visit www.ToledoMemorialPark.com or call (419) 882-7151.