In preparation for Memorial Day, participants from Pittsburgh Mercy Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Services’ day support and residential programs volunteered to decorate U.S. military veterans’ graves with flags to honor them for their service and sacrifice for our nation.
The group has volunteered for this important community service activity for a decade.
Pittsburgh Mercy Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Services serves more than 750 unique individuals who have intellectual or developmental disabilities and their families/caregivers annually, making it one of the largest IDD service providers in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
For more than three decades, Marlene Scholze, a Pittsburgh Mercy colleague who serves adults who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, has volunteered to place flags on the graves of U.S. military veterans at Allegheny Cemetery.
Marlene organizes this activity annually to give individuals who have intellectual and developmental disabilities the opportunity to show their appreciation for veterans who have given their lives in service to our nation, volunteer, and participate in a meaningful community service activity.
Established in 1844, Allegheny Cemetery is the final resting place of more than 14,000 U.S. veterans, including eight Civil War generals. It hosts one of the largest and longest-running Memorial Day observances in the U.S. The Soldier’s Memorial Plot honors veterans of all wars and overlooks the Civil War National Cemetery.
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