October 31st Results
The Halloween clean-up and restoration event was a success. Early in the afternoon visitors to the area spent most of their time speaking to one another about the cemetery while volunteer photographer Robert Lundin documented the volunteering efforts. The material that was collected and placed into a central location was accomplished with the help of volunteers of the GRP as well as new members of the team which also included friends of GONIL, the Geocachers Of Northeastern Illinois.
As the day progressed everyone continued to fill up the wheelbarrow and talked about various topics. Once the water level in Tinley Creek began to subside from the recent rainfall, all of the volunteers went for a walk to see the remains of the old homes west of the cemetery. Afterwords, everyone helped to bring the trash bags to the curb of 143rd street to be picked up by the Forest Preserve District. Upon leaving the area some of the volunteers were greeted by employees of the Forest Preserve District and were thanked for all of their hard work and dedication to a great cause!
We truly appreciate everyone attending the first Halloween event geared toward the care and maintenance of the cemetery! We hope you had a great time and we look forward to meeting all of you again in the near future!