10/16/2021 2021 Clean-Up Day, other important info

Anytime between sunrise and sunset (meeting is around 10 am).  Stay the entire time, or just stay a few hours.  Bring the family !  Bring Co-Workers !  Bring Church Family !

Please mark your calendars, we have 4 meetings per calendar year (second Sunday usually, 10 am):
January – Second Sunday Meeting @ 10 am, Whataburger
April – Meeting, at cemetery, plus Clean up DAY (Saturday)
July – Second Sunday Meeting @ 10 am, Whataburger
October – Meeting, at cemetery, plus Clean up DAY (Saturday)

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General Agenda:
We will have a quick meeting around 10 am or so.

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Volunteers, Please Note:

• There is no electricity or running water, BUT WE DO NOW HAVE A GENERATOR
• PSHCA cannot be responsible for damage done to equipment or persons.
• Make sure all your equipment is in working condition before arrival.
• Wear long pants, long sleeves, closed-toe shoes, goggles, gloves, face masks.
• WATCH YOUR STEP.
• BEWARE PILES OF LEAVES OR ROCKS, there might be “inhabitants” lurking there.
• Bring Lawn Chairs and bring plenty of food/water.
• Please bring 1 or 2 gallons of water for the water barrel.
• Bring Squirrel food !
• Bring your camera !

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Trash Detail — clean up all the way to the street, all around the site
Please take the trash away with you

• Supplies Needed (PSHCA has “some” if needed):
• Contractor bags recommended, but others are just fine too
• Paper Rubbish Bags
• “Grabber” makes it easy on the back

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Lawn and Garden – This is What Takes Up Most/All of our Time
(Weeding, Limb Removal, Grass Cutting, Dusting the Fire Ants if needed, clearing fenceline of weeds)
Supplies Needed: (PSHCA has “some” if needed):

• Fire Ant Killer
• Agricultural Vinegar
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):  Leather/Rubber Gloves, Face mask, Goggles
• Wheelbarrows, Rakes, Shovels, Pitchforks, Saws, Pruners, Brooms, Paper Rubbish Bags, Plastic Trash Bags, Paper Towels/old newspapers/sandpaper/Painters Tape
• Gasoline, Weed-eater String
• Tools for quick repairs
• Gas lawn equipment preferred; again, there is no electricity, but we do have a generator.
• Fertilizer for what we’ve planted in the past.

See you then !

– Suzanne

PS About Dues etc, general email sent to group:

1  First, THANK YOU for your interest and support (financially, emotionally, spiritually, family photos, with family information, sweat equity, and so much more).  You are receiving this because somehow, someway, you expressed an interest in us and our Shared Labor of Love.  Your encouragement continues to matter so very much.

2  It’s time.  Sorry.  $25 Annual Dues for 2022.  Additional donations are always welcome.  Funds are used for upkeep, maintenance/repair, and annual “goals”.  We have multiple ways of payment (all funds are placed in our account at the University of Texas Credit Union):

    a  Use the form that is on the website at https://pondspringscemetery.wordpress.com.  Trivia:  Since 2011, I have kept every single card and letter that arrived with dues and donations 🙂 they are SO SWEET AND SUPPORTIVE.

    b  Use the “Donate” link on the above website.  It goes to Paypal.  Please bear in mind that when Paypal is used, a percentage of your donation goes to Paypal.  Off the top of my head, it is somewhere between 2 and 3 percent that goes to Paypal.

    c  GoFundMe, https://funds.gofundme.com/dashboard/2xpp74r8.  Again, a portion goes to GoFundMe.

    d  “Membership Challenge” of $2.50 a week.  Or whatever you can give.  This adds up to $130 a year.  Again, if you can give less, give less.  If you make a paycheck, it’s easiest for me if this was directly deposited from your paycheck into our University of Texas Credit Union account (this is how I make my personal donation).  Respond to this email for more info.

e Mail a check. Please DO NOT MAIL IT TO THE CEMETERY ADDRESS, we do not have a monitored mailbox. Please reply to this post to obtain the address. Thanks.

3  Please help me update the contact list, and customize it as best I can for your convenience.  We don’t want to bother you with a bunch of emails, etc, but by the same token, we don’t want to leave out anyone who may be interested.  Again, let me know if you wish to opt out of emails.

4  Attached please find our “Footprints”.  Lest we forget.  I’m pretty proud of it.  Take a moment and look through it.   Never think for a moment that we are sedentary.  We are fierce!

5  I am taking this opportunity to BEG everyone to Watch, “Like”, and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Video.  As time allows (haha), I would like to post more on YouTube about the people buried in God’s Garden.  The more subscribers and “Likes” we get, well, we can make a little money.  Maybe.  So if you can’t donate financially, at least Watch, “Like”, and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Video, and ask your friends and family. “God’s Garden”: Pond Springs Cemetery, Austin Texas

6  Lastly, I am attaching our Important Dates for 2022, as well as “2022 Goals“.  Yes, there’s a lot of detail, but it’s all “at-a-glance”.  Print it out and put it on the frig !

Thank You !!!  Can’t wait to hear from you !! 

Suzanne Tucker Borum

President, Pond Springs Historical Cemetery Association, Inc.

10005 Lake Creek Parkway

Austin, Texas 78729

737.781.0629