Photo by WAA Staff
Exhibit will honor veterans, engage the community and support blood donation at MKBC’s Bethlehem location on Tuesday, September 1
LEHIGH VALLEY, PA – Wreaths Across America (WAA), the national nonprofit best known for placing more than three million veterans’ wreaths at over 5,000 locations across the United States and abroad on National Wreaths Across America Day, will bring its Mobile Education Exhibit (MEE) to Miller-Keystone Blood Center’s Bethlehem location on Tuesday, September 1.
The visit is part of WAA’s year-round mission to remember the fallen, honor those who serve and their families, and teach the next generation the value of freedom.
What: Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit
Where: Miller-Keystone Blood Center,
1465 Valley Center Parkway, Bethlehem, PA 18017
When: Tuesday, September 1 | 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
“The Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit provides a unique opportunity for communities to come together and share the stories of those who served and sacrificed,” said Karen Worcester, executive director of Wreaths Across America. “Through our partnership with the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration, the exhibit also serves as an official ‘Welcome Home’ location for our nation’s Vietnam veterans.”
The MEE brings veterans, active-duty military personnel, their families and members of the local community together through interactive exhibits, short films and shared stories. The mobile museum educates visitors about the service and sacrifice of America’s military heroes while also serving as an official welcome-home station for Vietnam veterans.
Veterans, active-duty service members, military families and community members are invited to tour the exhibit and speak with WAA representatives and volunteers. Visitors can learn more about the national nonprofit and the year-round work its volunteers perform in support of veterans, military families and their communities.
Members of the media, dignitaries, veterans’ organizations and other interested groups are also encouraged to attend, ask questions, share stories and experience the one-of-a-kind exhibit.
Individuals may sponsor a veteran’s wreath at any time in support of the local WAA program. Each sponsorship funds a live balsam wreath that will be placed on the headstone of an American hero as part of National Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday, December 19, 2026. Additional information is available at WreathsAcrossAmerica.org.
While visiting the Mobile Education Exhibit, community members may also donate blood at Miller-Keystone Blood Center’s Bethlehem donor center. Appointments can be scheduled at GIVEaPINT.org, by calling 800-B-A-DONOR (800-223-6667), ext. 2, by scanning the event QR code or through the MKBC mobile app, available for Android and Apple devices. Appointments are encouraged, but walk-in donors will be accepted as time permits.
About Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, which was begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization’s mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at Arlington, as well as thousands of veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond. For more information or to sponsor a wreath, please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org.
About Miller-Keystone Blood Center
Established in 1971, Miller-Keystone Blood Center (MKBC) is a not-for-profit community blood center dedicated to providing a safe and reliable blood supply to hospitals throughout the region. Headquartered in Bethlehem, PA, MKBC serves more than 30 regional hospitals across over 21 counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, supporting the health and well-being of 3 million residents. MKBC operates six donor centers, four satellite locations, and conducts more than 1,000 on-site blood drives annually. Last year, the Blood Center registered nearly 60,000 donors, resulting in the preparation and distribution of nearly 100,000 transfusable blood products. For more information, visit GIVEaPINT.org.
Information provided to TVL by:
Marie Clemens
