Cemetery Needs Your Help Again This Year
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On August 17th we will be having our 2nd annual volunteer cleaning and restoration at the Village Cemetery. We will be aided by the Vermont Old Cemetery Association (VOCO) and will be doing work in one of the older sections of the Village Cemetery on Mechanicsville Road from 8 am to 12 pm.
Using expertise from the VOCA members, and help from community volunteers like you, our goal is to repair broken stones, fix those that have fallen or are leaning, and cleaning 150 years of nature from several monuments.
Everyone who participated last year thought it was a worthwhile cause, they learned a lot, felt a sense of pride in the amount of work we accomplished and were pleased by the turnout of so many fellow residents.
We need volunteers who can help with digging, using pry bars, some lifting and others who want to help with cleaning the stones. It's an opportunity to learn how to fix and clean stones for your own use and to gain experience for future work days in our cemeteries.
Bring your shovels, pry bars, bar clamps, water spray bottles and soft bristled brushes.
As an example of what 30 minutes of cleaning can do, drive into the Village Cemetery, go straight up off the main road, look at the first 2 tall stones on your left, one was cleaned one was not.
We would appreciate your support. If you can help us or know of an organization willing to do some community service, please pass the information along. Any help would be tremendous in our effort of beautifying the Cemetery to honor those who have gone before us.
Mary Jo Brace
Cemetery Commissioner
Dec 24, 2024
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