There will soon be far fewer unmarked graves in Clyde RiverSA国际影视传媒檚 cemetery thanks to the efforts of local mother and daughter duo Veronica and Jocelyn Kautuk

The pair have undertaken a new project to help community members obtain personalized name plates for the graves of their loved ones.

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The idea came to Jocelyn on a recent walk through the cemetery.

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After doing a bit of research, and learning that personalized name plates can be purchased on Amazon, Jocelyn then used her own money to order one for the family in question, who she said was SA国际影视传媒渧ery thankful.SA国际影视传媒�

However, roughly half of the graves in town were still without proper identification so, with the help of her mother, she set out to fix the problem.

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The first hurdle was the cost of ordering the name plates. One plate was affordable, but a larger shipment would cost substantially more.

The mother and daughter found a solution to this problem by hand-delivering letters explaining their project to businesses and organizations around town.

Less than a week later, they received a responseSA国际影视传媒攁nd $1000 of supportSA国际影视传媒攆rom the Clyde River Housing Association.

From there, the pair spread the word about the project on Facebook, and soon, interested parties began reaching out to Veronica, who passed the information on to Jocelyn.

The pair made their first large orderSA国际影视传媒�32 name plates all toldSA国际影视传媒攐n the weekend of Aug. 18, and are expecting the shipment to arrive sometime in the following two weeks.

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Jocelyn and Veronica have plans to order another shipment of name plates in the near future, and will continue to have more delivered to the community so long as the need exists.

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While Jocelyn and Veronica are motivated by a desire to help their community, both agreed that it will feel SA国际影视传媒渁wesomeSA国际影视传媒� to wander through the cemetery in a few months time, and see new name plates adorning crosses that were formerly indiscernible from each other.

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