Oakland Cemetery Lot Owners Assn Inc

VOLUNTEERS AND PAID LAWN CARE CREWS CLEANED OUT DEAD TREES, REMOVED EXTENSIVE BRUSH OVERGROWTH WHICH WAS COVERING HISTORIC GRAVES, UNCOVERED GRAVES COVERED IN GRASS AND BRUSH OVERGROWTH. WORKED ON REPAIRING AND CLEANING HISTORIC STATUES AND MARKERS. WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO HIRE A CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR TO HANDLE BURIAL NEEDS AND ALL INQUIRIES TO OAKLAND CEMETERY. VOLUNTEERS WITH THE DALLAS GENEALOGY SOCIETY AND OTHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATOR ARE GOING TO THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY EACH THURSDAY TO CLEAN, SORT AND ORGANIZE ALL OF OAKLAND CEMETERY'S DOCUMENTS GOING BACK TO 1892. WE WILL DETERMINE WHAT ITEMS, LIKE BANK STATEMENTS AND FINANCIALS, MUST BE DIGITIZED AND PUT ON THE DALLAS GENEALOGY SOCIETY WEBSITE THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS SANITATION DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT PUBLIC TOURS AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH AT OC IN EXCHANGE FOR A LARGE DUMPSTER WE FILL WITH LEAVES AND BRANCHES THAT THE CITY PICKS UP FOR FREE. WE ARE RESEARCHING CHANGING OUR TAX EXEMPT STATUS FROM A 501C13 TO A 501C3, AS WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING FOUNDATIONS, SUCH AS THE DAR WHICH GIVES GRANTS TO HISTORIC CEMETERIES, TO UNDERSTAND 501C13S AND THUS BEING DENIED GRANTS TO WHICH WE ARE ENTITLED. WE RECEIVED OUR OFFICIAL HISTORIC CEMETERY STATUS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ARE WORKING ON OUR MARKER.