[CedarLight Grove, ADF]

General Public Discussion => Environmental Community Service => Topic started by: carynml on October 23, 2017, 10:55:13 AM

Title: Cemetery Cleanup for the dead
Post by: carynml on October 23, 2017, 10:55:13 AM

Rob Walshe let me know that there will be another cemetery cleanup this year on Dec 9th at 9AM.  These usually don't last but a couple of hours.  The cemetery is not far from CedarLight and in the Hamilton area.  `

 It's an old abandoned cemetery a few blocks south of the grove at 3821 Forrester Ave, Baltimore MD 21206.  It was a private cemetery used by the farming families that owned the land back in the 19th and early 20th century.  The local community gets together about once a year to clean it up and CedarLight has helped out in this in the past a number of times.

The months of November (Samhain) and December (Yule) both have all kinds of associations to the dead and are thus quite an appropriate time to be doing a little service for them. 

Please let me know who might be interested so I can coordinate. 
Thanks!
Caryn

Title: Re: Cemetery Cleanup for the dead
Post by: carynml on December 05, 2017, 02:55:07 PM

Hi Everyone,
Eric G is taking the lead on this as Will and I will be attending a memorial service on Saturday.
Don'd forget to bring a pair of work gloves and maybe a rake or a small pair of pruners.

Caryn

Title: Re: Cemetery Cleanup for the dead
Post by: EricG on December 13, 2017, 01:52:36 PM

Sorry I wasn't at the Grove last Sunday. I did go to the cemetery cleanup on Saturday though. It only took an hour with the other volunteers from the community. A good experience and everyone was friendly and well organized! I'd definitely do it again, schedule permitting.

Title: Re: Cemetery Cleanup for the dead
Post by: carynml on December 18, 2017, 07:25:55 PM

Hail Eric for representing CedarLight in the cleanup.  Rob came up to the grove that Sunday to say hi and thank us for participating.

Title: Re: Cemetery Cleanup for the dead
Post by: dragonfaerie on December 26, 2017, 11:12:04 AM

I'm sorry we had to bug out due to the snow. Hopefully we will be able to come out next time. Hail to Eric for being brave!

Title: Re: Cemetery Cleanup for the dead
Post by: Francesca on February 06, 2018, 11:19:42 AM

Maybe we can do a SPRING cleanup?
As new growth starts...

Title: Re: Cemetery Cleanup for the dead
Post by: EricG on February 06, 2018, 11:21:21 AM

I'd be interested schedule permitting.