GRAFTON — At the Grafton City Council meeting on Dec. 19, Joellen Sudmeier and Chris Grigsby, owners of Seed to Sewn, introduced themselves as the official supplier of hoodies/T-shirts sporting the logo of the National Memorial of Military Ascent (NMMA).

The business is a direct-to-film transfer operation that specializes in T-shirts, hoodies, and custom imprinted apparel, according to a press release from the City of Grafton.

The company was formed in April and is based in Collinsville, but Sudmeier and Grigsby also travel to venues, printing and selling customized shirts on site. Grafton first became acquainted with their work at Witches on the Water in October, the event that collected over $16,500 for Grafton’s National Memorial of Military Ascent (NMMA).

Seed to Sewn was the sole provider of event shirts and, on the spot, donated $1,310 of their own proceeds to the NMMA. From that beginning, memorial hoodies/shirts have been appearing everywhere in Grafton and beyond, proudly printed by Seed to Sewn.

“We love Grafton and are blessed to be a part of this memorial to all veterans,” Sudmeier said.

Sudmeier and Grigsby stated that a portion of the memorial shirt proceeds will also be donated to the NMMA.

The Grafton Memorial will replicate the WWII landing by the U.S. Army Rangers on Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc, France, on June 6, 1944. In addition to bronze figures climbing the cliffs behind Grafton’s Visitor Center, a military museum and memorial plaza are planned.

Shirts may be ordered online from the website at www.seedtosewn.com and there is also a link to both websites on the Grafton Memorial Facebook page at www.facebook.com/graftonmemorial.

Grafton City Council meetings are held monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. and are broadcast live and recorded on YouTube.

For more information on the project, visit the NMMA website.

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