Also consider contacting local Boy Scouts - they are often looking for projects and some are needing Eagle Scout projects. Also, is there a university nearby that has departments that might be looking for/needing community service projects?? Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan J. Kania" <ajkania@comcast.net> To: "Poland-Roots-L@rootsweb. Com" <POLAND-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:21 PM Subject: [POLAND] OT -- Cemetery care > My mother just informed me that the Polish National Cemetery is in > terrible condition. The Polish National Church closed in Lawrence, > Massachusetts and the city has taken the responsibility to take care > of the cemetery. Considering the City of Lawrence is not in the best > financial condition, cemetery care is undoubtedly low on the city's > budget. > > I don't know if there is a functioning Polish organization in > Lawrence, Mass. that could raise funds to the last physical resting > place for the Polish community. Maybe someone can share with me (and > the rest of the group) with some information about what community > Polish groups actually do for the Polish community. I think > preservation of the Polish cemeteries would be a wonderful project and > it would provide much-needed information about where our Polish > ancestors are buried. > > -- Alan > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan J. Kania" > > My mother just informed me that the Polish National Cemetery is in > > terrible condition. The Polish National Church closed in Lawrence, > > Massachusetts and the city has taken the responsibility to take care > > of the cemetery. List: Sounds like Alan needs to take pen/keyboard in hand and write a letter to the editor of the local paper or contact a local journalist looking for a human interest story. PolishDragon@att.net