WELCOME TO THE SUPPORT COMMITTEE FOR THE ALABAMA NATIONAL CEMETERY
For those who gave all, no gift is too small
About Us
Our Purpose
The Support Committee for the Alabama National Cemetery (SCALNC) exists to ensure that the sacrifices of our military, veterans, and their families are never forgotten. It is our mission to honor our American military veterans who are interred at the Alabama National Cemetery (ALNC) by giving comfort to their families, promoting the cemetery to others, developing and participating in commemorative cemetery programs and providing financial support to the cemetery to further enhance its beauty, maintenance and expansion.
Who We Are
The Support Committee for the Alabama National Cemetery is a charitable 501c3 all volunteer organization. In futherance of its mission, SCALNC, in consultation with the ALNC director, establishes programs, ceremonies, and other projects not funded by the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) which provide services to our veterans and their families. For more information on joining our organization, visit our membership page: https://scalnc.org/sc-membership
Support Committee Responsibilities
The Support Committee provides overall support to facilitate the enhancement, maintenance, and expansion of the Alabama National Cemetery and will participate in events commemorating all United States military veterans, including but not limited to:
- Assisting the cemetery director and his/her staff in establishing programs, ceremonies, and other projects not funded by the National Cemetery Administration which provide services to our veterans and their families.
- Conducting memorial services on national holidays dedicated to our fallen comrades and/or other ceremonies as appropriate.
- Raising and lowering United States flags on display in the Avenue of Flags, to clean, repair, and/or replace flags, to properly dispose of unserviceable flags, and to insure veterans and donors of flags are properly recognized with a letter or certificate of donation.
- May coordinate the duties of Volunteer Honor Guards which will work in conjunction with and support of Active Duty Honor Guards.
- Assisting in the maintenance and upkeep of a Memorial Pathway with volunteer labor and/or monetary support.
- Enlist support from appropriately chartered Veterans Service organizations and/or their auxiliaries, employer/church/school/youth volunteer groups, and other appropriate civic organizations for the enhancement, maintenance, expansion and support of the Alabama National Cemetery.
- Obtaining support of municipal, county, state, and federal officials for the management, enhancement, maintenance, expansion and support of the Alabama National Cemetery.
Thanks for Your Support
Whether you help through monetary donations, becoming a member, volunteering your time, or supporting our mission through word-of-mouth, thank you. We couldn't accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you.
Remembering and celebrating the "Greatest Generation".