Monthly Archives: February 2014

I plan to work Saturday, March 1, starting at 10 am weather permitting.

These are the tools that VCU ASPiRE bought with a grant they got. There are 5 loppers, 5 bow rakes, 1 leaf rake, 18 pairs of gloves, 2 shovels, 5 tubs, 1 machete, 1 mattock and 1 chainsaw. Many thanks … Continue reading →

We had a 47 voluteers! There 2 regulars, 9 new or almost new and 36 from VCU including 9 from ASPiRE. I got a nice Christmas present from ASPiRE – a bunch of hand tools, a chainsaw and gloves.  We … Continue reading →

I am planning to work on Saturday, February 22, starting at 10 a.m.  Several VCU groups are scheduled to be out helping us.

Article in the Times Dispatch this morning about the cemetery clean up: http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/volunteers-help-restore-four-cemeteries-at-evergreen/article_b99931fd-780a-51ea-9d53-4d07698d88ce.html

I am canceling the work day due to the temps and snow that is forecast.  It wouldn’t be very nice out there.

A Richmond artist has created 3 woodcut portraits of famous Richmonders buried at East End or Evergreen cemetery. He plans to donate any proceeds from their sale to the clean up project. See http://eastendcemetery.tictail.com/

We had 12 volunteers from the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity at VCU. We cut down small trees along the entrance road and added them to the big pile of brush that the county is going to pick up.