“Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail..."

The work weekends have begun! Spring work parties are a tradition at Camp Cherith, and now that we own a property we certainly have no shortage of work to do. We are so thankful to all the volunteers who share the workload!

That being said... brr! Our first volunteer work weekend of 2010 featured a bit of everything -- sun, wind, rain, even hail and SNOW! Still, lots of work got done and we enjoyed eating, sharing, and laughing together throughout the day. Many thanks to the 18 intrepid volunteers who made it out!

Here's a sampling of what we got done this past weekend:

• Felled logs were chopped into firewood
• Cabins and buildings swept out and cleaned up
• Additional work on bunk beds in the girls' cabin circle
• Replaced temporary screens with proper framed screens
• Beginning of work on building window shutters for cabins
• Repairs and conversion of Nurse's trailer to stop leaks in the roof

There's still lots to do, including painting the cabins inside and out, window shutters, clearing land for the installation of the new quonset hut storage shed and staff parking area, raking, new electrical work, and lots more. We hope to see you at our next work weekend this coming May 14-16! Please email us at info@cherith.ca to let us know when you're coming so we can make enough food to feed everyone.