Students clear invasive plants, trash from Topeka cemetery
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A group of local college students helped restore a Topeka cemetery over the weekend for Earth Day.
Washburn University Professor of Archaeology Dr. Laura Murphy brought a group of 18 students to the Curtis Family Cemetery in north Topeka on Saturday, April 20. Their mission was to pull weeds, rake, pick up trash and remove invasive plants at the cemetery.
Murphy said the project is meant to help out the community through the restoration of the historic cemetery.
"I think it's great for one just to get out of the classroom, get hands on, really see a part of the Topeka community that they might have passed by and not have even known the cemetery was here," Murphy said.
"I think the Washburn students have a way to interact to the community more when they have events like this instead of working just on campus, we're going and bettering the community," said WU student Sam Meyer.
The cleanup project was completed in partnership with the Do Pi Ka Project and 785 Arts.
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