Alderwoods Group Launches Memorial Day Campaign To Support Illinois Veterans.CHICAGO -- Campaign Aims to Raise $20,000 for Local War Veterans On Friday, May 27, 2005, Alderwoods Group The Alderwoods Group, Inc. is the second largest provider of funeral, cremation, and cemetery services in North America with operations in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AWGI) will launch a Memorial Day Rose Campaign in support of veterans in the greater Chicago area. Twenty-eight Alderwoods Group funeral homes and cemeteries This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. in Illinois Illinois, river, United States Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway. will participate in the campaign. Each location will be offering visitors silk roses embossed em·boss tr.v. em·bossed, em·boss·ing, em·boss·es 1. To mold or carve in relief: emboss a design on a coin. 2. with the words "Serving those who have proudly served" for sale from May 27th to May 30th. The cost of each silk rose is $5.00. All gross proceeds from the sale of the roses will go to the Veterans Foundation of Illinois, a not-for-profit organization created by the Illinois Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Veterans Foundation of Illinois partners with corporations, other foundations and private citizens to assist the state in reaching out to and helping the nearly one million veterans who live in Illinois. "Our goal is to raise $20,000 for the Veterans Foundation of Illinois, to support their efforts in helping veterans collect the benefits they have earned," said James Straub, Alderwoods Group's Regional General Manager for Illinois. "We are honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. to have an opportunity to serve those that have proudly served through our Memorial Day Rose Campaign." "We appreciate that the Alderwoods Group funeral homes and cemeteries in the greater Chicago area have chosen our organization through which to support veterans throughout Illinois," said Terry Vance, Executive Director, Veterans Foundation of Illinois. "We look forward to working together in the future on campaigns to help improve the lives of veterans and service personnel, their families and their communities." An investigative report An investigative report is a document that is meant to provide information on a certain topic that is not easily obtained. It is meant to present the reader with a wealth of easily understood information and usually contains an interview or two on the subject. by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. released on Thursday, May 19, 2005, showed that disabled veterans in Illinois receive the lowest disability payments in the nation. The report identified a lack of service officers to manage the caseloads at the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs as contributing to the problem. "We ask the community to partner with us in supporting the Veterans Foundation of Illinois' goal of increasing the number of service officers by 50%," said James Straub. "We believe we can make a difference for veterans in Illinois by helping them collect their earned benefits as quickly as possible." The Memorial Day Rose Campaign will take place from May 27th to May 30th at the participating Alderwoods Group locations listed below. Participating Locations: Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum 2905 North Thatcher Road, River Grove Irving Park Cemetery & Mausoleum 7777 Irving Park Road, Chicago McHenry County Memorial Park 11301 Lake Avenue, Woodstock Mount Olive Cemetery & Mausoleum 3800 North Narragansett Avenue, Chicago Northshore Garden of Memories 18th Street & Greenbay Road, North Chicago Oehler Funeral Home 2099 Miner Street, Des Plaines Oehler Funeral Home 2000 East Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights Ridgewood Funeral Home and Memorial Park 9900 North Milwaukee Avenue, Des Plaines Weinstein Family Services 1300 West Devon Avenue, Devon Weinstein Family Services 111 Skokie Boulevard, Wilmette Willow Lawn Memorial Park 24090 North Highway 45, Vernon Hills Windridge Funeral Home 104 High Road, Cary Beverly Cemetery 12000 S. Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island Windridge Memorial Park 7041 South Rawson Bridge Road, Cary Mount Auburn Funeral Home & Cemetery 4101 South Oak Park Avenue, Stickney Lincoln Cemetery 12300 South Kedzie Avenue, Chicago Oakland Memory Lanes 15200 Lincoln Avenue, Dolton Oak Hill Cemetery 11900 South Kedzie Avenue, Chicago Woodlawn Cemetery of Chicago 7600 West Cermak Road, Forest Park Oak Woods Cemetery 1035 East 67th Street, Chicago Hills of Rest Cemetery 22500 West Jefferson Street, Joliet Zefran Funeral Home 1941 Cermak Road, Chicago Woodlawn Memorial Park 23060 West Jefferson Street, Joliet Westwood Funeral Home 3201 West Jefferson Street, Joliet Chapel Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens 8178 Cline Avenue, Schereville The Illinois funeral homes and cemeteries are members of Alderwoods Group, the second largest operator of funeral homes and cemeteries in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. based upon total revenue and number of locations. Alderwoods' people take great care to exemplify ex·em·pli·fy tr.v. ex·em·pli·fied, ex·em·pli·fy·ing, ex·em·pli·fies 1. a. To illustrate by example: exemplify an argument. b. the Company's values of integrity, teamwork (product, software, tool) Teamwork - A SASD tool from Sterling Software, formerly CADRE Technologies, which supports the Shlaer/Mellor Object-Oriented method and the Yourdon-DeMarco, Hatley-Pirbhai, Constantine and Buhr notations. , communication, compassion compassion, n a profound awareness of another's suffering coupled with a desire to alleviate that suffering. and creativity. Through the shared values and actions of its people, Alderwoods is committed to delivering the highest standards of family care and to being a leader in the communities where it operates. For more information, visit www.alderwoods.com. |
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