Hundreds of volunteers are needed to assist the thousands of people who are expected to experience The Wall That Heals when it visits Garner’s Lake Benson Park on March 31 through April 3. Recent visits by The Wall in Wake Forest and Tarboro had crowds of more than 20,000.
The Wall will be open 24 hours per day. There is no admission charge.
The biggest opportunity to serve is by volunteering to be an ambassador. Ambassadors are trained during a one-hour session on Wednesday, March 30 at 6 p.m.
The session includes information about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., The Wall That Heals, the Mobile Education Center that travels with The Wall, and instructions on how to find a particular name on The Wall. Ambassadors will be given tools to assist guests.
Volunteers can sign up for two or three-hour shifts, or multiple shifts, at the garnerwall.com website under the volunteer section.
The Wall That Heals is 376 feet long and 7.5 feet tall at its highest point. Its panels have been engraved with the names of the more than 58,000 United States service members who perished in the war.
The Wall That Heals travels with a Mobile Education Center that provides information about the war, the Memorial and items that have been left at The Wall.