AmeriCorps Project YES! Gets Loads of Work Done
AmeriCorps Projects YES! from Northwestern Settlement in Chicago spent their Spring Retreat at House In the Wood. They arrived on Monday and participated in team building and reflection activities all day. And at night, what else, but a campfire with s'mores. On the next day, there were 28 willing members to help us prepare House In The Wood for our Spring groups.
They spent ALL day Tuesday, March 20 working on various projects. They built a new trail to our new aquatic study area, trimmed a quarter mile of brush and trees along Bay Road, painted 4 buildings, did the Spring cleanup for the four rain gardens and two dining hall gardens (with master gardeners Carol and Mary),
changed all of the batteries on the Smoke/CO2 detectors, completed a long list of preventive
maintenance, destroyed some BIG furniture (a favorite job) and hauled it to the dumpster, and cleared out an entire
cabin full of stuff.
We still have a few more things to do but their help went a LONG way to helping us get things ready for our first Outdoor Education Center group of the season in May.
We have other WORKBEES scheduled:
April 14 & 15 with the Northwestern Settlement Chicago Board and YOU?
June 1-3 is our annual SPRING WORKBEE
We have monthly VOLUNTEER WORK DAYS scheduled for every third Tuesday
April to October from 9am to Noon.
April 17
May 8 (date change)
June 19
July 17
August 21
September 18
October 16
We also work with groups and individuals who would like to provide community service to House In the Wood.
Contact Val to sign up.
E-mail: val at houseinthewood.org
Phone: 262-728-2752
