FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 7, 2023

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Toledo Memorial Park’s Annual Car Show is FREE Family Fun
This event and others show the Park’s commitment to the community

Sylvania, OH—Head on out to Toledo Memorial Park (the Park) on Aug. 20, 2023, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for the annual car show. This special event benefits the Wreaths Across America program, led locally by your team at the Park.

            “The car show has been a staple at the Park for more than a decade and might be my favorite day of the summer,” said Mel Harbaugh, local coordinator of Wreaths Across America. “It’s such a great way to celebrate our wonderful Sylvania community while giving back to those who served our country.”

            The annual event sees more than one thousand visitors and puts approximately three to four hundred interesting, unique and classic cars on display. Festivities include food trucks, 50/50 drawing, door prizes (including a 36” BlackStone Grill) and more.

            “Being a part of a community like Sylvania is very special,” said Jeff Clegg, president of Toledo Memorial Park. “We are deeply invested in helping Sylvania maintain a reputation as such a desirable place to live. We are passionate about making valuable connections with the school system, local nonprofits, supporting community events presented by the city and Red Bird District, and so much more.”

Upcoming Events: 

Annual Car Show
Sunday, Aug. 20, 10a.m.-2p.m.
Rain date: Sunday, Aug. 27.
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. 26:
Slow ride: 8-10 p.m.
Afterparty: 10 p.m.-midnight
Register here
Get your bike out and add some twinkle lights for this fun slow ride through Sylvania. The route 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. 16 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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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.