[HistoricCemeteries] OPRD NEWS RELEASE: 05-14: Historic Cemetery Volunteer Corps Seeks Members

[Kuri Gill]

OREGON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
NEWS RELEASE
 
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Kuri Gill
Oregon Heritage
503-986-0685
kuri.gill at state.or.us 
 
Historic Cemetery Volunteer Corps Seeks Members
 
Just in time for Memorial Day, the Oregon Commission on Historic
Cemeteries is recruiting for the newly-formed Historic Cemetery
Volunteer Corps. The Corps will be made up of individuals who will
receive training on how to care for historic cemeteries and then make
themselves available to volunteer in their local historic cemeteries.
The free training is available online and can be completed in about an
hour or less. Trained volunteers with the Corps will be connected with
local groups who would like help in preserving their historic
cemeteries.
 
“The Historic Cemetery Volunteer Corps is a great and easy way for
those interested in historic cemetery preservation to learn valuable
skills and help others with their cemetery projects,” explains Kuri
Gill, coordinator of the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries.
 
Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department, also has several Heritage Bulletins available that provide
guidance for preserving historic cemeteries. Topics include how to clean
cemetery markers properly, avoiding and responding to vandalism, and a
sampling of common Oregon gravestone symbols.
 
For more information about the Historic Cemetery Volunteer Corps and to
view cemetery preservation Heritage Bulletins, visit
www.oregonheritage.org.
 
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Kuri Gill
Oregon Heritage
725 Summer St. NE, Suite C
Salem, OR 97301-1266
(503) 986-0685
(503) 986-0793 (fax)
kuri.gill at state.or.us
www.oregonheritage.org ( http://www.oregonheritage.org/ )
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