Restoration & Maintenence of Bachelors Grove Cemetery – Illinois USA
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Due to current weather conditions the September 23rd clean-up will need to be canceled. The thunderstorms expected to pass through the area will cause the cemetery to become saturated in too much water making the removal of weeds very difficult.
There are no other clean-ups expected for 2006. We appreciate all of you that have emailed in regards to the 23rd and we hope to see you all in 2007!
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A permit to help clean up the cemetery has been issued for September 23rd 2006. The time frame that has been granted is between 8 AM and 4 PM. Details on what volunteers may want to bring and any other relevant information will be announced shortly.
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The turn out for the September 9th clean-up was excellent. No thunderstorms came through while all the volunteers worked hard and made more improvements to the cemetery. A member of the Newman family had come to help out as well and expressed a warm appreciation for those who came to help take care of her departed ones. All of the volunteers should feel very proud of themselves! Besides the enjoyment of doing something good for a place that has been severely neglected, many facets of nature were experienced such as frogs, toads, humming birds, deer, snakes, mice, and even a very large, colorful, beautiful spider that is rarely seen showed itself as the weeds were trimmed.
Although the cemetery still has a long way to go it was extremely wonderful to see so many people show up in the early morning hours. A lot was accomplished early in the day and if it wasn’t for a piece of rental equipment breaking down much more could have been taken care of. A special thank you goes out to those of you who attended and to those of you who truly wanted to make it but couldn’t due to various circumstances.
We hope to see all of you again next year and welcome many more volunteers to join in and help make every clean-up a success. Also, be sure to review some of the improvements by visiting the photo gallery. We can always use a dedicated photographer to go around and take countless photographs so don’t be shy and volunteer today!
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There is the possibility of showers and thunderstorms for the September 9th clean-up. If you are a volunteer coming from out-of-state you may not want to attend in order to avoid any inconveniences that this may cause. At the moment the forecast states that there is a 40% chance of thunderstorms which will most likely occur near the afternoon. If future forecasts report a higher percentage then there will be no choice but to cancel and the clean-up will be reschedule for the next day, September 10th. If the area becomes too saturated in rain then it will make it difficult to perform any sort of clean-up on the 10th. In that case we may be able to reschedule the event toward the end of the month on the 23rd.
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