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MATTIAS MEMORIAL
muistomerkki Mattias

 


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  • For many years Haukivuori has had a characteristic person, who was known by every one and paid attention to the environment and people.
    Mattias has been an inspiring and altruistic person who has taken care of the environment and people for a long time.

    His remarkable personality could be seen when he was planting and watering flowers around the railway station, the entrance road of the village and the market place.
    He cleaned up the places from dirt and rubbish.
    He took care of children and the young ones.

    With his behavior he showed how to live and to be a member of a community.

    To remember this characteristic person it is the intention to create a memorial for Mattias.

    The location for the memorial is the railway station of Haukivuori. Besides the ongoing attention Mattias has given to the environment of this area, he also privately paid the asphalting of the road.

    The local authorities promised to commemorate him with a plaque on this spot. One year after his death nothing has happened, the place even started to be dirty and neglected.

    It is a pity that a community does not realize and remember the value of the personal and social contributions of an inspiring citizen.

    The memorial will mark this spot as a place that bears witness to how a community honors its involved citizens.
     

    First the area  has to be cleaned up. Something Mattias always did. When people do not take their waste in the bin or home, the place starts to be unpleasant. We hope that local citizens will join us.

    Different artists have started to contribute to the memorial with colorful knitting and crocheting works.

    During several weeks artists and citizens can and  will clean up the place, work together to add smaller and larger colorful objects, and the memorial will grow and part of the society. Hopefully many people will share their memories add (small) pieces to the memorial.

    Marijke Bongers

    Marijke Bongers

     
         


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