A young man in a Scout uniform stands on the left, while the right side features photos of a cemetery map sign and a detailed lot map.

Help families find their way at Camelback CemeteryCamelback Cemetery sits at 6920 E. McDonald Drive in Paradise Valley, across from Kiva Elementary School. It began on land donated by pioneer homesteaders Hans and Mary Weaver after their son-in-law died, just weeks after marrying their daughter. The family gave the land to what became the Camelback Cemetery Association, which still cares for it today. It’s the resting place of early Scottsdale and Paradise Valley pioneers, military veterans, early judges and a postmaster, and Joe “Cheyenne” Kiser, the 1923 World Champion Cowboy. But today, unless you already know where a grave is, it’s very hard to find. There’s no map, and the small concrete markers that number each lot are worn, broken or missing. I’m Ronan Simpson, a Scout with Troop 6 in Phoenix. For my Eagle Scout service project, I’m working with the Camelback Cemetery Association to fix that. What your gift builds<ol><li>A permanent entrance map: a low map sign just inside the walk gate showing all 124 lots, “You are here,” a short history and a QR code. The panel is porcelain enamel (colors fired into glass on steel) with a 25-year warranty against fading in the Arizona sun.</li><li>Restored lot markers: every corner marker cleaned, painted bright white and stenciled with its lot number and an arrow pointing into the lot, with new blocks placed where they’re missing.</li><li>A cemetery website with an interactive map: I’ll create a website for Camelback Cemetery. Scan the QR code on the sign and it opens an interactive map to help you find a lot: search for a lot number, see it highlighted on the drone photo, and get walking directions from the gate.</li><li>An installation day: a crew of 20–30 Scouts installing the sign, restoring the markers, and raking and tidying the paths.</li><li>An Eagle Scout projects plaque: by the flagpole, honoring the Eagle projects done at the cemetery, with room for future ones.</li></ol>Scout volunteers provide all the labor. Every dollar goes to materials: the sign, paint, stencils, replacement markers and the plaque. Our goal: $6,000 Where your money goesDonations go directly to the Camelback Cemetery Association and are used for this project. Any money left over goes to the cemetery’s perpetual care fund.Thank you for helping families find the people they came to see, for decades to come. — Ronan Simpson, Troop 6, Grand Canyon Council

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