On Dec. 14, members of Aripeka Elks Lodge #2520 laid 1,060 wreaths on the graves of veterans at Grace Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Hudson, Fla. Members collected donations for the wreaths and held a spaghetti dinner fundraiser and blind auction to purchase the wreaths. The Wreaths Across America program provided one wreath for every two wreaths that were purchased. There were 300 members, community members and students from Hudson High School ROTC who gathered for a formal ceremony recognizing these soldiers.