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Pile in and come to the Christmas Party!
Saturday December 10
at home of Tony and Leslie Cunningham
Click for Map
Grotto meeting at 6:30, party to follow. Bring:
A dish to share
An item for the raffle
Your drink of choice
Ideas for trips for 2012
A sleeping bag if you want to spend the night
A friend (new blood for the Grotto)
You dues ($12 per year)
Your Caver Holiday Party Spirit!!!

created by Mike Wickersham

SJVG is holding a contest for the best trip pic submitted to the webmaster each month. The winner will be selected at the sole discretion of the webmaster! Non-winning pics will be posted under the "SJVG In-Action" link. The winner will have their picture posted here each month and will receive some arbitrary prize determined by and distributed by the webmaster. Get those pics in and vie for a sweet prize! Entry deadline is midnight on the Tuesday before each monthly meeting!

     The St. Joseph Valley Grotto (SJVG) was formed to promote, organize, and educate people in the South Bend and greater Michiana area with an interest in caves and caving. The grotto was first conceived in the spring of 1997 and became a chartered Internal Organization (IO) of the National Speleological Society (NSS) in July of that year.
     Since inception, we have gained over one hundred members, taken on several ambitious survey projects, and have become one of the most active grottos in Indiana. The grotto has monthly meetings the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 P.M., usually at a members house in the Elkhart area. The grotto also organizes monthly grotto trips intended to give anyone interested in caves an opportunity to experience the underground wilderness we love so much.
     Members of the grotto are active in conservation, photography, cartography, and the exploration of caves. The membership of the grotto is composed of a wide range of experience levels, from novices to cavers that have been across the United States and around the world in search of all types of caves.

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What is the St. Joe Valley Grotto?	Pile in and come to the Christmas Party! Saturday December 10 at home of Tony and Leslie Cunningham Click for Map Grotto meeting at 6:30, party to follow. Bring: A dish to share An item for the raffle Your drink of choice Ideas for trips for 2012 A sleeping bag if you want to spend the night A friend (new blood for the Grotto) You dues ($12 per year) Your Caver Holiday Party Spirit!!!	created by Mike Wickersham
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SJVG Membership		SJVG is holding a contest for the best trip pic submitted to the webmaster each month. The winner will be selected at the sole discretion of the webmaster! Non-winning pics will be posted under the "SJVG In-Action" link. The winner will have their picture posted here each month and will receive some arbitrary prize determined by and distributed by the webmaster. Get those pics in and vie for a sweet prize! Entry deadline is midnight on the Tuesday before each monthly meeting!
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