Projects for Work Day
| Project Title | Description | People |
|---|---|---|
| Burn Pile 1 | Manage fire at burn pile near basketball court; people will be bringing items to be burned throughout the day. | 1-2 |
| Burn Pile 2 | Manage fire at burn pile near zip line poles; people will be bringing items to be burned throughout the day. | 1-2 |
| Burn Pile 3 | Manage fire at burn pile near Youth Chapel; people will be bringing items to be burned throughout the day. | 1-2 |
| Carpentry | Rebuild the ramp that used to be the down ramp for housekeeping golf carts. We are making a 5' wide ramp (2x6x10 will give you ramp surface). | 2-4 |
| Carpentry - Repair Piece of Downspout and install new lattice. | In the back of the dining hall there is a covered area where we often park golf carts; the lattice on the one wall was damaged in the flood. Replace with new lattice. Also repair downspout that is attached to the 4"x4" support post. | 2-4 |
| Carpentry, secure 4'x4' that supports the porch above | 4" x 4" support was knocked loose during the flood. Get rid of old wood. Replace with new as needed wood. Talk to Gary Rhodes for more direction. | 2-4 |
| Chainsaw | Cut down trees marked with red tape. Cut into 18" sections anything that works for bonfires. Take logs to those who splitting and stacking wood, and take the remaning scrap to a burn pile. | Multiple Teams of 1-2 with chainsaw operator |
| Chainsaw | Cut a walnut tree that's growing up through a bush behind the laundry room, | 1-2 |
| Chainsaw | Go where you hear chainsaws. As trees fall or are pulled out of the creek, help cut sections of log into 18" bonfire wood. Deliver sections to wood splitting team near zipline. | Multiple Teams of 1-2 with chainsaw operator |
| Chainsaw | Pull fallen trees to an open space that suits cutting the logs in 18" sections. Some trees are on the ground in the open. Some will need to be dragged the creek bank and moved to a safe location to cut. Someone will be driving around with a trailer so you can get the logs to the log splitting crew near the zipline. Other tree parts go to a burn pile. | Multiple Teams of 1-2 with chainsaw operator |
| Clean up | Evaluate all the equipment, tools, and junk outisde the Block House. Everything goes into 1 of 4 categories. 1) trash (dumpster at Poplar), 2) scrap metal (yellow flatbed trailer beside Block House covered storage), 3) burn (3 active burn piles are going), 4) relocate (look for duct tape to know where it should go). If something falls between the cracks, set it aside and ask one of the CGC staff if they know where it should go. | 1-3 |
| Clean Up | The strand lights used each year for the ordination service at Family Camp were dirtied the flood. Clean each strand and bulbs. | 1-6 |
| Clean up | The storage area hidden under the back porch needs to be rid of all trash. Don't toss the tool boxes. Everything goes into 1 of 4 categories. 1) trash (dumpster at Poplar), 2) scrap metal (yellow flatbed trailer beside Block House covered storage), 3) burn (3 active burn piles are going), 4) relocate (look for duct tape to know where it should go). If something falls between the cracks, set it aside and ask one of the CGC staff if they know where it should go. | 2-4 |
| Clean Up Behind Buckeye, Maplewood, and Cottonwood. | Rake and blow leaves from behind the three dorms. | 1-9 |
| Clean up Campus - Section 2 | Our campus is divided into 3 sections for the purposes of this task. Your section starts with Sycamore dorm. Boundaries are the creek, the ridge, and the fence by the zipline tower. Look for anything that is out of place and find it a new home. Everything is either 1) trash (dumpster at Poplar), 2) scrap metal (yellow flatbed trailer beside Block House along the creek bank), 3) burn (3 active burn piles are going), 4) relocate (look for duct tape to know where it should go). | 1-2 |
| Clean up Campus - Section 3 | Our campus is divided into 3 sections for the purposes of this task. Your section is the property across the creek trom the main campus. Boundaries are the creek bank to the end or our property toward the zipline tower, Sam Hollow Rd, Garners Creek Rd the ridge, and the fence by the zipline tower. Look for anything that is out of place and find it a new home. Everything is either 1) trash (dumpster at Poplar), 2) scrap metal (yellow flatbed trailer beside Block House along the creek bank), 3) burn (3 active burn piles are going), 4) relocate (look for duct tape to know where it should go). | 1-2 |
| Clean Up Campus - Section 1 | Our campus is divided into 3 sections for the purposes of this task. Your section starts at our main entrance. The boundaries are the ridge on the right and the creek on the left. Look for anything that is out of place and find it a new home. Everything is either 1) trash (dumpster at Poplar), 2) scrap metal (yellow flatbed trailer beside Block House along the creek bank), 3) burn (3 active burn piles are going), 4) relocate (look for duct tape to know where it should go). | 1-2 |
| Clean up Trails | Blow leaves off the trails up on the ridge that is our backdrop. Move fallen tree parts off the pathway. | 1-2 |
| Clean Up, Youth Chapel 1 | Collect any stray chairs around the tabernacle and was those along with the chairs that are inside the Youth Chapel. Dispose of bent and rusty chairs to the dumpster at Poplar. Flag down someone with a trailer to get them where they need to go. | 1-12 |
| Clean Up, Youth Chapel 2 | Move the large and small piles creek rock out of chapel, You can simply push it off the concrete to the dirts outside. Everything else on the ground is either 1) trash (dumpster at Poplar), 2) scrap metal (yellow flatbed trailer beside Block House along the creek bank), 3) burn (3 active burn piles are going), 4) relocate (look for duct tape to know where it should go). | 1-4 |
| Clean Up, Youth Chapel 3 | Pull toilets; power wash all floors in the Youth Chapel | 1-2 |
| Install Door Threshold | Install new threshold at dining hall back emergency exit. | 1-2 |
| Install metal on walls in Dining Hall | The dining hall lobby and gift shop walls need to have the metal roofing installed as walls. Some is already installed, so you can look at it as an example. Any scrap metal goes the the yellow flat bed trailer across the creek near the Block House. | 2-4 |
| Landscaping 1 - Dining Hall | Outside of the emergency doors at the back of the Dining Hall the ground needs 3-4" of gravel to create a path to the Picnic Pavilion. Lay down landscape fabric before the gravel. Plant a few bushes and perennials along path. | 4-6 |
| Landscaping 2 - Planter at Back Entriance | Weed, lay down landscape fabric, and plant flowers at the planter at back entrance with the medium size sign (corner of Garners Creek and Sam Hollow.) choose from the flowers at Redbud. | 1-2 |
| Landscaping 3 - Planter at main entrance | Weed, lay down landscape fabric, and plant flowers at the planter at the main entrance where the sign is. Choose from the flowers at Redbud. | 1-2 |
| Landscaping 3 - Planter at main entrance | Plant bulbs around campus. It will be a great surprise to see where they sprout out for the first time. | 1-3 |
| Landscaping 5 - Planter at Mitchell Tabernacle | Weed, lay down landscape fabric, and plant flowers at the planter where the flags are at Mitchell Tabernacle. Choose from the flowers at Redbud. | 1-3 |
| Landscaping 6 - Johnson Lodge | Johnson Lodge - lay fabric around existing vegetation. Mulch with creek rock. The areas on the street side of Johnson and the lower side where the meeting rooms are located. | 2-8 |
| Project Title | Description | People |
|---|---|---|
| Landscaping 7 - Office | Office-lay landscape fabric careful to expose the perennials that are already planted. Mulch with sifted creek rock. Check out plants at Redbud to see if you want to add something. | 4-12 |
| Landscaping 8 - Johnson Hall | Remove old sign posts from between two bushes at Johnson Lodge. | 1-3 |
| Landscaping 9 - Apply weed killer | Anywhere you see weeds growing where they don’t belong, kill them. | 1-4 |
| Log Splitter | Logs are stacked along the fence at the zipline. They need to be split then stacked on pallets in the zipline area. | 1-6 |
| Paint and Powerwash | Picnic tables in picnic pavilion, stain the two new ones. Scrape and restain the others, except for the table that has stenciling on it. Also powerwash concrete at the pavilion. | 2-6 |
| Paint and repair bathroom door from Block House garage | This old door was town down from its hinges and is outside the Block House. Replace the bad panels with quarter inch sheet stock. | 1-3 |
| Paint Doors at Dining Hall | There are several dark brown doors in the dining hall that need to be screaped, sanded, and repainted. There are also some replacement doors in the dining hall that need to be painted dark brown. The back Emergency Exit has a door that has a rusted hole in the door. Use FRP cut like a very tall kickplate to cover the hole. Paint the FRP dark brown. Do not paint the bi-fold doors where the breaker panels are. | 1-5 |
| Paint, Buckeye | Paint Both Sides of Buckeye | 1-6 |
| Paint, Redbud | Paint all of Redbud beginning with the back. The top will be painted the new red color we are using on the dorms. The block walls that make up the basement side of Redbud will go back to the same color. | 1-10 |
| photographer | Walk around campus collect pictures of people working. Face shots are the best as opposed to capturing people's backs while they work. So ask for permission and gets lots of happy faces. | 1 |
| Relocate Gazebo "Bridge" | The original idea of this covered seating area was to have it span the drainage ditch. What we learned is that is clogs the drainage ditch. Move the gazebo to a flat place (not over any ditch) in the same area. | 4-12 |
| Repair Bunk Beds at Cedarwood Sides A & B | Both sides of Cedarwood need the wooden bunks to be reinforced. Originally installed with nails, use screws to pull beds back to the wall. Take time to look for studs for maximum safety. | 2-6 |
| Repair Flag Poles | One flag pole at the Tabernacle was bent and has been laid aside. Take two remaing poles from the sleeve they slip over. Cut one pole to the same length as the bent one. Tall pole will be back in the center with ther American flag. The two short poles go on either side. Christian flag goes on the left. State flag on the right. | 2-3 |
| Repair handrail at Snack Shack. | Inspect the perimeter hand rail at the snack shack covered eating area. Replace bad wood with new. Rebuild where railing was damaged by the flood. | 2-4 |
| Skid Steer/Tractor - Repair Swingset | The swingset behind the Snack Shack was contorted as flood debris beat against it. Using a heavy piece of equipment, massage it around to get it back in square. After that is finished, try to straighten bent legs. | 2-3 |
| Skid Steer - RV Park | The ground in the RV park is very uneven due to the flood. Mostly rock. Smooth out the RV park. | 1-2 |
| Stack split wood onto pallets | Hang out where the log splitter is near the zipline tower, and stack wood on pallets when it is split. | 1-20 |
