Royal Oak Memorial Society Needs Volunteers to Clean Graves, Place Flags

The Royal Oak Memorial Society is seeking volunteers to work at Oakview Cemetery from 10 a.m. to noon on May 4 and May 11.

Volunteers will help pull grass and clean veterans' markers to get them ready for Memorial Day. 

"Our veterans have done so much for us, the least we can do is honor them by cleaning the markers and placing a flag by it," said Carol Hennessey of the Royal Oak Memorial Society.

Volunteers should bring digging or cutting tools, rags and weed wackers. 

"We get new ideas that help us clean off more each year," Hennessey said.

Flags will be placed by graves on May 25 at 10 a.m.

For more information, call 248-543-8420 or email carolhenny@aol.com.

If you go

• Where: Oakview Cemetery on Rochester Road, north of Gardenia.
• Who: All are welcome to help. This event makes a wonderful service project for scouting organizations or youth groups.
• When: Grave cleaning is May 4 and May 11 from 10 a.m. to noon; flag placing begins at 10 a.m. on May 25.
• What to bring: Digging or cutting tools, rags and weed wackers are needed.