There's still time to sign up for the 2nd Annual "Walk Through the PARC"
fundraising event to help the Powell Archaeological Research Center (PARC)
preserve archaeological sites in the metropolitan St. Louis area. Even if you
can't participate in the Walk personally, please consider making a
tax-deductible pledge. For example, if everyone of the 284 subscribers to the
MCAS and CAS e-mail bulletin boards would pledge just $12 each (that's an
average of only one dollar per month over a year's time), we could raise over
$3,400. By themselves, your individual pledge may seem inconsequential, but when
combined, you will have helped save the past for the future.

This year's walk starts at 9am this Saturday, September 29, 2007, at Laclede's
Landing and proceed north to the footprint of the St. Louis Mound Group’s Big
Mound at Broadway near Mound and Howard Streets. A granite boulder monument with
a now missing bronze plaque was placed here in 1929 to commemorate the main
Mound Group to the south. Efforts by the Mound City Archaeological Society are
underway to restore the plaque. The Walk will then double back and cross the
historic Eads Bridge, and end among the remnants of the East St. Louis Mound
Group.

The walk is approximately 2 – 4 1/2 miles long (depending upon which segment of
the Walk you choose) and should take about two or three hours to complete. Along
the way, participants will be guided by noted archaeologists and will hear about
research into these significant archaeological sites, how the sites are related
to each other and the nearby Cahokia Mounds site, and the efforts underway to
preserve them from further destruction. Advance registration is $30.
Registration the day of the walk is $35. All participants will receive a t-shirt
commemorating the event.

For more information about this event, including registration forms, pledge
forms, and maps, please visit http://powellarchaeology.org/UpcomingEvents.html.
You may also call (618) 281-5369 or e-mail lkelly@....