02-24-2010, 12:46 PM
[size=10pt]URGENT APPEAL TO THE FRIENDS AND DESCENDANTS OF ST. COLUMBAN[/size]
[size=10pt][size=10pt]Our St. Columban Irish Cemetery restoration has become very, very frustrating and in a meeting yesterday with the Church Wardens, they are demanding that we finish the project by May at the latest...
This year is their 175th anniversary of the founding of the Parish of St. Columban and the ?Fabrique? do not want construction materials and/or work going on in the cemetery over the summer.
Our problem was that last summer; it rained every single day that our volunteer bricklayer was available to work on the project - and no matter how hard we tried, we just couldn?t finish it.
To date, we have invested over $ 10,000 from our fundraising efforts for a strong foundation, and the building of the three walls necessary to mount the broken tombstones. We still have about $ 1000 left in our account at the St. Patrick?s Society of Montreal.
We have determined that the only possible way to finish by May would be to hire a regular ?full time? bricklayer who could likely finish the project in a week. The estimates that we have on hand for this work, from three different bricklayers, are in the $ 4,000 - $ 5,000 range.
We therefore, have to make this appeal to the descendants and friends of St. Columban to determine
1. If any of you are willing, and able, to donate some additional funds to the effort - it would be very, very much appreciated.
2. Is there anyone that is willing to loan the project $ 4,000. while we continue on with our fundraising efforts over the next months?
Details on how you can donate are on our main page and if you need additional information, please send me an e-mail to
info@stcolumban-irish.com
Thanks
Fergus Keyes[/size][/size]
[size=10pt][size=10pt]Our St. Columban Irish Cemetery restoration has become very, very frustrating and in a meeting yesterday with the Church Wardens, they are demanding that we finish the project by May at the latest...
This year is their 175th anniversary of the founding of the Parish of St. Columban and the ?Fabrique? do not want construction materials and/or work going on in the cemetery over the summer.
Our problem was that last summer; it rained every single day that our volunteer bricklayer was available to work on the project - and no matter how hard we tried, we just couldn?t finish it.
To date, we have invested over $ 10,000 from our fundraising efforts for a strong foundation, and the building of the three walls necessary to mount the broken tombstones. We still have about $ 1000 left in our account at the St. Patrick?s Society of Montreal.
We have determined that the only possible way to finish by May would be to hire a regular ?full time? bricklayer who could likely finish the project in a week. The estimates that we have on hand for this work, from three different bricklayers, are in the $ 4,000 - $ 5,000 range.
We therefore, have to make this appeal to the descendants and friends of St. Columban to determine
1. If any of you are willing, and able, to donate some additional funds to the effort - it would be very, very much appreciated.
2. Is there anyone that is willing to loan the project $ 4,000. while we continue on with our fundraising efforts over the next months?
Details on how you can donate are on our main page and if you need additional information, please send me an e-mail to
info@stcolumban-irish.com
Thanks
Fergus Keyes[/size][/size]