Sempris Donates to Minnesota Chapter of American Gold Star Mothers

MINNEAPOLIS - Aug. 5, 2013 - PRLog -- As part of its ongoing commitment to honoring the service and sacrifice of local service men and women, Sempris, LLC made a monetary donation on July 30^th to the Minnesota Chapter of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.

Sempris’ donation will be used to improve the Minnesota Fallen Heroes Display, which goes up each fall at the Minnesota State Capitol, and also travels to schools, churches and organizations throughout the community, to honor the memory of fallen soldiers.  The money will be used to purchase new frames, Military Branch flags and new storage containers.

"Gold star mothers" is a term that came into general use with the creation of the service flags used to show that a family had a son in the service (a blue star) or a son that had died in the service (a gold star almost covering the blue star so that a rim of blue still shows). Mothers of slain servicemen came to be known as gold star mothers. The phrase is generic and, through customary usage has come to designate any mother whose child died while on active duty in the military.

A group of gold star mothers met in 1928 and formed the organization American Gold Star Mothers, Inc (AGSM). AGSM is a private organization and you must apply for membership if you wish to join. AGSM is also a non-profit, 501 C(3), organization.

For more information on AGSM, visit www.goldstarmoms.com.

About Sempris, LLC

Sempris, LLC, a privately held business services company headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, develops and manages an extensive portfolio of unique and leading-edge membership and customer relationship management programs. These programs are provided to corporate clients who are seeking to enhance customer loyalty. Subscribers to Sempris’ proprietary programs receive exclusive savings opportunities on a wide range of lifestyle-specific products and services, insightful information, and other benefits in interest areas such as shopping, travel, hospitality, entertainment, health/fitness, home decorating, and cooking. For more information, go to www.sempris.com or e-mail sales@sempris.com.