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Andrew Montoya of Weed Man applies lime to adjust pH at Arlington National Cemetery during the Professional Landcare Network?EUR??,,????'?????<

Tim Price was one of more than 250 volunteers who pitched in for the Professional Landcare Network?EUR??,,????'?????<

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The volunteers brought in more than 170 cubic yards of mulch and fertilizers, and more than 100 pieces of equipment to tend to the 600-plus acre cemetery. Organizers said the supplies and work totaled more than $250,000 in donations.

Price, who traveled more than 800 miles for the privilege of spreading lime and grass seed in the cemetery, was one of more than 250 volunteers taking part in the Professional Landcare Network?EUR??,,????'?????<

Lawn care workers, including a handful of veterans like Price, and their families spent a half-day trimming fields, pruning trees and tending to the gravesites in an effort to thank the military and troops who have sacrificed their lives.

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PLANET member Jacquelyn Burkhead of The Shurburtt Corporation in Spartanburg, S.C. lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the network?EUR??,,????'?????<


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Family members of the lawn care workers chipped in, too: A small army of children helped replant a flower garden near the Tomb of the Unknowns.

Bob Kanpracavich, a landscaper from Pennsylvania, traveled south for his second stint of volunteer work this year and said the hot weather wouldn?EUR??,,????'?????<

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Source: Stars and Stripes

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