SAVE THE GRAVES INC

What they do

IN 2025, SAVE THE GRAVES SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED FROM A LOCAL GATHERING INTO A SIGNIFICANT REGIONAL CULTURAL ATTRACTION, HOSTING NEARLY 1,000 ATTENDEES and DRAWING VISITORS FROM OVER 10 STATES. OUR DATA INDICATES THAT 10% of GUESTS to OUR ANNUAL CEMETERY FUNDRAISER TRAVELED FROM OUTSIDE EL DORADO COUNTY, WITH A HEAVY DRAW FROM THE GREATER SACRAMENTO AREA, DIRECTLY ADVANCING THE COUNTYS TOURISM and ECONOMIC GOALS. BEYOND ATTENDANCE, OUR WORK FUELD A ROBUST VOLUNTEER PROGRAM INVOLVING HUNDREDS of PARTICIPANTS. BY ENGAGING YOUNGER GENERATIONS IN HANDS-ON PRESERVTAION, WE HAVE FOSTERED A LIFELONG CONNECTION to LOCAL HISTORY, ENSURING THESE HALLOWED GROUNDS REMAIN RESPECTED and MAINTAINED for YEARS to COME. THE IMPACT of OUR WORK HAS ALSO TRIGGERE A POWERFUL "REPLICATION EFFECT," POSITIONING OUR UNIQUE BLEND of THEATER, HISTORY, and RESTORATION AS A GOLD STANDARD for PRESERVATION. WHILE OUT-OF-STATE VISITORS TRAVELED SPECIFICALLY to STUDY OUR MODEL for THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES, LOCAL CIVIC O