UCLA’s annual volunteer day puts a shine on veterans’ headstones

Jackie Toenniessen brought her children to clean veterans' headstones.
UCLA alumni Jackie Toenniessen, 36, heart, introduced her youngsters Isabelle, 8, left, and Nicolas, 4, to Los Angeles Nationwide Cemetery to wash veterans’ headstones Saturday.
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UCLA’s annual volunteer day expanded this yr, uniting greater than 2,000 Bruins and Trojans in additional than 60 volunteer initiatives.

A whole bunch of volunteers honored veterans Saturday by cleansing headstones on the Los Angeles Nationwide Cemetery.

After the headstones have been sprayed with an environmentally pleasant enzyme, contributors have been requested to wash them for 20-30 seconds with water and brush. The enzyme did the remainder of the work.

Volunteers in Los Angeles National Cemetery to clean veterans' headstones.
Volunteers from UCLA and USC in Los Angeles Nationwide Cemetery to wash veterans’ headstones.
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Mikaela Garcia, 20, left, Eunice Kim and Justin Lee carry heavy buckets.
Mikaela Garcia, 20, left, Eunice Kim, 21, and Justin Lee, 19, volunteers from USC, carry heavy buckets.
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Sangmin Lim, a UCLA graduate student, cleansa headstone
Sangmin Lim, 30, a UCLA graduate scholar, cleans a gravestone.
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Volunteers in Los Angeles National Cemetery
Volunteers within the cemetery.
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Allison Kim and Kennedy Snyder, both USC students, clean veterans' headstones
Allison Kim, 20, left, and Kennedy Snyder, 20, each USC college students, clear veterans’ headstones.
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Emma Chan, 3, daughter of a UCLA alumni, rushes to clean a headstone
Emma Chan, 3, daughter of a UCLA alumni, rushes to cleana gravestone.
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