From the Buildings & Grounds Committee

Care and Maintenance of a Summer Camp

WORK WEEKEND

© Nancy F. Little 2009 Each year over Memorial Day Weekend, the Buildings and Grounds Committee and other obliging souls gather at the Assembly for three days of maintenance and upkeep of the facilities. The work of these eager volunteers is a major help to the care of the camp and a huge help to our budget. If we had to pay professionals to come in and do all the work the B&G Committee and their able helpers do, it could easily run $50,000 or more each year.

© Beki Greenwood 2010 All help is welcome and appreciated. Both skilled and unskilled workers are encouraged to participate. There's plenty of work for however many people show up! And the more volunteers we have, the more projects get completed.

This year, a great crew put in a lot of hours and completed quite a few projects on the B & G To Do List including new stairs and railings down at the waterfront; removal of dead and/or fallen trees; repairs of winter damage to cabin roofs; finishing turning on the water system throughout camp; cleaning all the cabins; and a host of smaller tasks.

And at the end of the weekend, they all gathered at the Richardson's Farm in Fryeburg for a delicious barbecue!

We hope you'll join us next May!

ANNUAL TOOL APPEAL

Got any old tools lying around that you don't want or need, and you just can't bear to throw them away? We are always in need of any type of yard or hand tools you have no need for.

If you can't transport them to camp yourself, contact the head of the Buildings & Grounds Committee, Colgate Searle at searleandsearle@cox.net and we'll try to connect you with someone in your area who is attending who could bring them to camp for you.

WORK DAY AT CAMP

Each Tuesday during the camp session from 2:30-4:30, the entire camp participates in Work Day. From the Sparks collecting trash and kindling, to the Flames working on projects like screen repair and sticking doors, to Bonfires working on things from plumbing to vacuuming, and Embers helping out wherever they can, all together we get a mighty lot done to improve the Assembly grounds in those two hours.

If you notice something during camp that could use some attention, please be sure to bring it to the attention of one of the members of the Buildings & Grounds Committee.