Name: Honoring our Heroes Headstones by Memorial Day - Volunteer Cleanup
Start: 2026-05-23T10:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-05-23T14:00:00-08:00
Location: Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery

Honoring our Heroes Headstones by Memorial Day - Volunteer Cleanup

Headquartered in Huntington Beach, California, Nuvision Credit Union (www.nuvisionfederal.com) is a federally-chartered, not-for-profit, full-service financial institution with 35 branches in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Alaska, and Washington.Nuvision was founded in 1935 to serve the employees of Douglas Aircraft Company. Today, the credit union has more than $3.4 billion in assets, serving more than 200,000 members and has expanded its membership to assist all the hardworking people in the communities it serves.Nuvision’s purpose of building lives and supporting our communities includes our commitment to teaching financial responsibility, supporting people in need, and supporting our front-line responders and veterans.We invite our members to follow us on X, LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook.

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Volunteers needed to join Nuvision Credit Union Alaska and the American Legion Post 1 to clean Veteran headstones in time for Memorial Day.

Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery

<h3>HONORING OUR HEROES- HEADSTONE CLEAN-UP FOR MEMORIAL DAY</h3> <h3>DAY OF VIDEO TUTORIALS: </h3><h3><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/sF7VowFuWsw?feature=share" title="https://youtube.com/shorts/sF7VowFuWsw?feature=share" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">How to clean from American Legion Post 1</a></h3><h3><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/r35KMiE4dDk?feature=share" title="https://youtube.com/shorts/r35KMiE4dDk?feature=share" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">After Cleaning: Place a Penny</a></h3><h3>Tutorials from "By Memorial Day." Please note the landscape of the Anchorage Cemetery is far different than these two videos but they give a great example.</h3><h3><a href="https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/WaK1C4xkJ5T79DEzCVt7U49NN0?domain=em.nuvisionfederal.com" title="https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/WaK1C4xkJ5T79DEzCVt7U49NN0?domain=em.nuvisionfederal.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cleaning Flat Grave Marker Headstones</a> <a href="https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/y6mQC5ylg6tWpX3Mt8uNUk7O6X?domain=em.nuvisionfederal.com" title="https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/y6mQC5ylg6tWpX3Mt8uNUk7O6X?domain=em.nuvisionfederal.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cleaning Above Ground Headstones</a></h3><h3> </h3>To honor Veterans laid to rest at the Anchorage Memorial Cemetery, our Nuvision team is partnering with American Legion Jack Henry Post 1 for the 5th year in a row to clean headstones in time for Memorial Day. We hope to pay tribute to these soldiers by making their names be seen and recognized.Thanks to the hard work of volunteers, we have cleaned over 2,000 headstones so far. We are asking for our members and the community to come together once again to make a meaningful difference.The Legion's Auxiliary and the VFW will be placing American Flags at each gravesite to indicate which veteran headstones to be maintained.Please consider signing up to join us. You are welcome to bring your family or friends, the more volunteers we get, the larger impact we can make. We will be providing coffee and snacks to volunteers during the event and there is a reception at the American Legion after the clean-up.We will have tools on-hand, but we encourage bringing your own if you can:<ul><li>Gardening gloves</li><li>Tools to cut sod: Lawn edgers, garden knives, boxcutters, carpet cutting tool, and pruning saws</li><li>Hand tools: trowels, pruners &amp; cultivators</li><li>Scrub brushes (natural or nylon bristles only)</li><li>5 gallon buckets</li><li>Water jugs and spray bottles (no pressure washers)</li><li>Carts &amp; wheelbarrows</li></ul>You are welcome to bring your family or friends, the more volunteers we get, the larger impact we can make. All volunteers are invited to Post 1 for a reception after the cleanup.For any questions, please reach out to AK_marketing@nuvisioncu.org. EVENT DETAILS &amp; LOCATIONDate: Saturday, May 23, 2026Time: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM AKDTLocation: Anchorage Memorial Park CemeteryAddress: 535 East 9th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501Parking: Please utilize street parking if possible, limited parking available in cemetery.Reception: After event at American Legion Post 1, 840 W Fireweed Lane

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