What a great day leading up to our finale tomorrow! While the campers ate lunch, we had a second visit from our friend Josh Burton, the financial education officer for Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, as well as visits from Terry Phillips and Linda Bach of ACI. Thanks for stopping by!
Then we got to work - and it was an exciting workday. Kate and Rudy from GEG Painting brought the kids shirts from Sherwin WIlliams, and lead the campers in caulking and painting the shed. It looks great! We went from muddy brown to crisp grey with white trim in just over an hour. Kate promised to come back and help us paint the doors tomorrow.
We needed more electricity than the generator could produce to run saws and the welder, so two crews headed down to the loading dock. Our friend Lee Brinkmeyer from Valcom, who helps the afterschool program with drywall, brought his welding gear and helped the campers make some cool figures with rebar and metal "wings!" Some of the campers who weren't sure they wanted t o try welding loved it so much that they took a second turn!
Kevin and Gene had the other team of carpenters fabricating the Dutch doors for the shed. By the time we wrap up tomorrow, the doors will be in place and our shed will be complete. We're planning a cookout, and all the campers will get their completion certificates as well as the gift certificates they've earned through t heir Commitment Credits. It'll be a real celebration!
Then we got to work - and it was an exciting workday. Kate and Rudy from GEG Painting brought the kids shirts from Sherwin WIlliams, and lead the campers in caulking and painting the shed. It looks great! We went from muddy brown to crisp grey with white trim in just over an hour. Kate promised to come back and help us paint the doors tomorrow.
We needed more electricity than the generator could produce to run saws and the welder, so two crews headed down to the loading dock. Our friend Lee Brinkmeyer from Valcom, who helps the afterschool program with drywall, brought his welding gear and helped the campers make some cool figures with rebar and metal "wings!" Some of the campers who weren't sure they wanted t o try welding loved it so much that they took a second turn!
Kevin and Gene had the other team of carpenters fabricating the Dutch doors for the shed. By the time we wrap up tomorrow, the doors will be in place and our shed will be complete. We're planning a cookout, and all the campers will get their completion certificates as well as the gift certificates they've earned through t heir Commitment Credits. It'll be a real celebration!