Name:
Leadership in Action - Community Service
Date:
October 3, 2014
Time:
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT
Event Description:
The Greater Manchester CHamber of Commerce Leadership Alumni Committee present the first annual Leadership in Action Community Service Day
We're putting our leadership skills into action again with a fall community service project. The Valley Street Cemetery is one of Manchester's oldest burial grounds, donated to the City by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in 1840. The Cemetery was created as a "garden" cemetery, a popular design during that time. Not only did the site act as a final resting place for the city's deceased, but the walkways, carriage paths and bridges over the stream invited residents to stroll the grounds.
The burial grounds host some of the city's prominent leaders, politicians, ministers, engineers, musicians, mayors, two New Hampshire governors, approximately sixty Civil War soldiers, a few veterans of the Revolutionary War and at least one soldier from the French and Indian Wars. Members of Manchester's first families, including Starks, Straws, Blodgets, Beans, Buntons, and Harringtons reside in the Valley Cemetery.
In recent years the Cemetery fell into disarray and the Friends of the Valley Street Cemetery have worked hard to restore new life into this historic treasure. They've raised a lot of money over the years and put in countless hours of time and now they are asking for our help as they finish painting the fence that surround the grounds.
So here's the challenge:
- We've got about 250 panels of fence to paint
- We've got more than 750 alumni
- We'll provide the supplies (paint, brushes, etc.) and lunch
- We just need the volunteers!
Will you join us on October 3 to paint the fence?
Please join us for a half-day shift or just a couple of hours. Bring your friends, co-workers and employees. The more people we have painting, the sooner we can celebrate!
