Thanks everyone for all the support and suggestions. Now I just have to find the time to follow up on all of them! To answer questions: This first time I'm only taking 16 students, and they're all in my gifted/talented art classes. All very good kids that listen well and seem to be very excited about this project. I have one other staff memeber going as well, and I'm hoping for some big strong parents to step forward as volunteers. (We have til October 4th.) The community is pretty poor and isn't exactly known for service...we're in Hendricks county with Brownsburg and Avon, but we're in the Southern half where its mostly still country. Our school is very small. The township trustee is more than happy to let us do this, but it sounds like he is working multiple low-paying jobs, so he barely gets time to mow the cemeteries. I don't want to push too much because it sounds like he's doing all he can. I've found two local community groups that are just itching to start some things...so I think I'll have my startup fees covered. We'll see about later...I'm not sure how long it will last. I'm in the process of trying to write everything up with prices so I can get that rolling. Jeannie has been very helpful. She just has the cemetery loction but no more, so I'll be filling out the registry form. I looked at the other websites, just haven't had time to do anything with them yet! Thank you so much for all the help! > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 23:49:56 -0700 (PDT) > From: Theresa Berghoff <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Cemetery Field Trip > > Jessica, > This sounds like a great project. Will you > need adult volunteers to work with the students? > Will the Township Trustee who is responsible for the > cemetery pick up the cost of some cleaning supplies? > The Trustee is certainly getting a good deal with > the free labor. > > If the cemetery has not been added to the > Indiana Pioneer Cemetery and Burial Ground Registry, > your class could complete the survey sheets. Contact > Jeanie Regan-Dinius of the DNR division of Historic > Preservation and Archeology for info. There is some > grant money available through the DNR-DHPA. Jeanie > can tell you if the project would qualify for that. > [email protected] > > Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana and > the Indiana Humanities Council sponsor Heritage > Preservation Education Grants. You can check these > out at > www.historiclandmarks.org/help/grants/.html > or www.ihc4u.org/hpeg.htm > > The Indana Historical Society has > educational material available that may help with > research. www.indianahistory.org > > Rhonda Stoffer, LA Clugh, and others on this > list have done similar projects, so maybe you will > hear from them. > > > Theresa Berghoff > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush