Saturday May 25, 10-3
I participate in a number of activities on the Thetis, and I find the cemetery cleanup to be one of the more rewarding events. While I have no personal connections to anyone in the cemetery, they are part of our island heritage. The cemetery is a vault of island history and is the permanent home for many of our forebears. From early settlers and the unmarked graves to recent burials they carry a history of our island and it is important to once a year pay tribute as a community to their lives.
From tidying up headstones, to general landscaping there will be a range of projects to suit everyone's interests and abilities.
Please plan to come by and join us, we encourage everyone to join. If possible, please bring small garden tools for general landscaping and/or scrub brushes and water pails to clean grave markers. We would encourage you to contribute to the picnic lunch, where we will remember and celebrate the lives that came before us.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
David Reay
Thetis Island Cemetery Committee
