I've been going hard since I hit the ground a month ago; camp is right around the corner, there's work to do! I've been straightening out travel documents for my team of volunteers from Simpson and my very own cousin (there's coming in 2 weeks!), writing lessons, getting my books done for camp, and working up at camp on a rather ambitious but worthwhile remodeling project with my good friend Archie, who is also on the program team. It's not our line of work per se, and we sometimes feel overwhelmed by the tasks we're assigned to do, but the results will be well worth the effort. We are taking a scary old "gym" and turning it into a rec room for camp!
The process has involved scraping paint, cleaning out storage, dismantlement and cleaning windows, and gluing giant banners onto the walls. We still have to glue a few banners, hang curtains, and install flooring, and we're waiting on some furniture, but the kids will be playing ping pong in there by the time camp starts!
Here's a sneak preview of the rec room, and photos of the work we've put into it so far.
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| We had to take apart and wash 8 of these big windows |
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| Archie found a mummified bat between the panes of glass |
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| Who knows how long he's been there...he could be a registered member of the Communist Party |
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| Here's the smallest of all banners... |
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| ...and here are the biggest! |
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| I had paint chips in my hair for days |
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| This was a storage room; everything had to be cleared out to turn it into a craft room |
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| The remaining furniture has since been removed, and the room's ready for making bracelets and bookmarks! |
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| This is all of the nonsense that was in there |
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| A bizarre collections of camp inventory |
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| One of our banners across the ping pong table |
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| "Children aren't just the future, they're the now!" |
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A couple of weeks ago, a group of us went up there and got a lot of work done. It was a fun day, and at the end of it all we had a BBQ together.
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| The reward for a job well done |
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The rec room is going to be a great addition to our camp; I can't wait to put up finished photos!
It's been a busy month and only going to get busier, but camp is right around the corner when all of the hard work will pay off! We're currently SOLD OUT for both sessions of camp, and we'll have over 200 kids this summer. Everyone get ready!
Пока ребята,
Russian Jane
