Our Work – Back Doors & Playground/Parking Lot

by mary on October 16, 2009

DSC_1329With the wooden screens removed, Roy headed up the team to continue painting all of the rear doors green.  Ted, Anna, Elise, Ken, Marjie, Patti, Emily, Laura Anne, Troy and Jill kept their brushes moving to the beats of the rhythmic sanding and sawing of wood for shelves, their own lively chatter and the constant hum of music resonating from every direction.

Problem: each time it rains the playground and teacher’s parking lot flood – causing the kids to vacate the playground and forcing the teachers to leave their classrooms to move their cars.  After today, hopefully, not anymore!  Ted and Troy cleaned out downspouts and traversed the school’s property clearing nine large sewer drains.  With the help of Mykhal and John, they dug out 4-5 feet and years of built up dirt, leaves, bottles, cans and tree roots.  No task too large for these big-hearted volunteers.  We are all keeping our fingers crossed for the next rainfall.

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