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East End Cemetery clean up volunteer coordinator

March 7 work day

We worked 3+ hours at East End this morning. We had 11 volunteers – 5 community members and 6 core team. We continued clearing ivy and other ground cover off of plots and cut ivy off of trees. We cut … Continue reading

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Feb. 29 work day

On a chilly afternoon we had 18 volunteers at East End Cemetery today. Besides 7 core team members, we had 5 volunteers from VCU Theta Tau, 3 from VCU Med sociology class and 3 community members. We worked at clearing … Continue reading

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Feb. 22 work day

We worked 3+ hours at End End Cemetery this morning. We had 56 volunteers including folks from Henrico NAACP, VCU ASPiRE, VCU Delta Epsilon Mu and VCU Sigma Phi Epsilon. We also had several community members and 5 core team … Continue reading

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Feb. 15 work day

We worked 3+ hours at East End this morning. We had 9 volunteers. We continued picking up fallen branches and clearing ground cover. We are trying to get GPS coordinates for all grave markers at the cemetery. We got a … Continue reading

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Feb. 8 work day

We had a busy and productive morning at East End Cemetery. We had 20 volunteers including 5 from Wounded Warrior Project, 2 University of Richmond students, 5 community members, my nephew and 7 core team members. With all the wind … Continue reading

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Feb. 1 work day

We worked at East End for 3+ hours this morning. We had 27 volunteers including 12 from Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at University of Richmond, 6 other University of Richmond volunteers, 3 community members and 6 core team. We continued … Continue reading

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Jan. 25 work day

We worked about 3 hours this morning at East End Cemetery. We had 2 returning community members and 6 core members. We continued to clear summer growth from around the gravestones, we cut down a poison ivy covered dead tree … Continue reading

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Jan. 20 MLK day of service

We had a really great Day of Service at East End Cemetery today with two shifts of volunteers. In spite of a wind chill in the teens in the morning we had over 40 volunteers for the morning shift. The … Continue reading

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Jan. 18 work day

We worked 3+ chilly, sleety hours at East End this morning. We continued clearing ivy, cutting up fallen trees and found 1 gravestone. We also made some preparations for the big MLK Day day of service at East End. We … Continue reading

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Jan. 11 work day

We work about 3 hours at East End cemetery this morning. He had 11 volunteers including 4 community members, 3 of whom volunteered for the first time at the cemetery. We cleared ivy off the ground and off the trees … Continue reading

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