Upcoming Doc-A-Block Training Sessions: 9/19 and 10/17

September 15, 2009 – 9:59 am

A unique monument at Riverside

A unique monument at Riverside

The Doc-A-Block program is moving forward with two new training sessions, on Saturday September 19th and Saturday October 17th. Both sessions will last from 10 am to noon.

Our group of volunteers are making great progress documenting the more than 35,000 monuments at Riverside, but we are still in need of others who want to ‘Doc-A-Block’. Through this program you will learn how to photograph the monuments, document the inscriptions, and analyze the condition of the materials (whether sandstone, limestone, marble, granite, or other), set GPS coordinates, and upload the information to the doc-a-block website.

Each volunteer will be given a section of the cemetery which they can document on their own schedule – at the end of the day we intend to have a comprehensive resource for the history and condition of Denver’s oldest and most historic cemetery.

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To register for either of these training sessions please send an email to our Doc-A-Block guru, Kate Barnes, at kate@friendsofriversidecemetery.org.

Through this program, volunteers from the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery will create a digital archive of the more than 35,000 monuments at Riverside Cemetery. Volunteers are trained in how to photograph the monuments, document the inscriptions, and analyze the condition of the materials (whether sandstone, limestone, marble, granite, or other), set GPS coordinates, and upload the information to the doc-a-block website.

If you are interested in other upcoming volunteer activities, send your information to volunteers@friendsofriversidecemetery.org and we’ll let you know what’s coming up.

Special thanks to Sue Weatherman and Kate Barnes for their great efforts in making this training happen.

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