C A M P
Community Asbestos Memorial Project
Donations can be sent to:163 Education Way
Libby, Montana 59923
The Committee for CAMP Community
Asbestos Memorial Project
was established to set up a permanent memorial site which would take
the place
of the white crosses. The goal was to have a permanent memorial
that told
the story of Libby, but also presented a vision of hope and symbol of
the
community moving forward. In selecting the spot it was decided
that the
loading dock area which was one of the highest asbestos impacted areas,
would
be symbolic but also present a beautiful location. The committee
approached the city council and it okayed the use of the park
area. In
2006 the City of
 Vern Riley and Helen Andries
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 Dave Benefield
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 Steve Smith SDS
Construction
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 Eva
Thompson, Dave Benefield
LeRoy Billeadeaua, Steve Smith and |
 City of Libby Crane
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 Steve Smith and Gary Swenson |
 Eva mult-itasking
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 Completed
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 2006 Memorial Service
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| In 2007 the committee
and volunteers
created the flower beds and walk way. Rocks and cement were
donated. The
general theme this year was to give flowers in memory of a loved one. So all of the flowers were also donated. The final part of the memorial service was planting the plants and so symbolic when young children were involved in the planting. |
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 Tom Vanderweel and Kari Martell |
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 Tom Vanderweel, Brenda Vinson, Kari Martell, Mick Vinson, Dorothy Shelly, Vernon Riley, Mike DeMille, Helen Andries and Gary Swenson |
 Kari Martell & unknown child planting flowers |
 Mike Vinson, Helen Andries and Mike DeMille |
 Gary Swenson, Gayla Benefield and Marianne Roose reading names |
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The
sign was completed in 2009 Leroy Thom donated the metal for the sign and the students at the Libby Alternative School in Todd Berget's class made the sign for us. Our thought was to involve the young people and look to the future. Students are James Kellog Matt Roberts Brittanne Amos |
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