Casowasco Camp Clean-up Week

Please note: This is a special event. To register, please use our Google Form.

Casowasco is preparing for re-opening April 1^st, but to get there we need to call on interested Casowasco volunteers! Come for a day, a night or several days during the week of March 20-29, that includes two weekends! We have free beds available for those who want to stay for more than a day. And we can arrange meals for registered participants at a nominal cost (Be the first to sample our chef’s culinary delights! Stay tuned for more information on this exciting new addition!)

Indoor Clean-up includes:

• Changing linens in Galilee
• Vacuuming, mopping, and shampooing floors
• Cleaning bathrooms throughout the site (these have been unused for a year, so they need a bit of added sparkle)
• General dusting
• Changing light bulbs
• Painting (a few areas need attention, particularly a cabinet in Bethany)
• There might be some Kitchen inventory work, TBD our chef
• Dining set up and Kitchen clean up during Camp Clean-up Week
• Ongoing filing in the office
• Got plumbing knowledge? There are a couple of fixtures that need attention
• Got tiling skills? Bethany bathrooms and Emmaus kitchen have a few broken tiles that need replacement

Outdoor Clean-up includes

• Weeding and cleaning up gardens and lawns
  • A Pollinator Garden with native plants will be added to the beautiful patio just off the parking lot near Galilee. If the weather allows there will be some concentrated work in that area. Including a visit from Janice Wiles from Go Native! They will be advising us on the garden.
    • Are you interested in a pollinator garden at your church or home or replacing lawns with native plants? You will not want to miss this visit!
  • Changing and/or troubleshooting the light bulbs along driveway and on road-side signs (some investigation may be needed to determine why these bulbs are out)
  • Clean up the road-side sign planter box
  • Adding stair nonslip treads where needed
  • Removing brush from drainage along Casowasco Drive
  • Cutting up logs stacked in Mt. Tabor lot and wood splitting
  • Got carpentry skills? There are some deck planks and railings that need replacement. There are a few areas under a couple of building eaves that could use some work, and there are some animal holes that could use some blocking and deterrents.
  • Exterior Painting and Staining touch ups – if the weather allows

Tools and supplies

We can provide everything that is need for these jobs. Some supplies (paint, tiles, wood, etc.). will need to be purchased so when you register please indicate what you want to work on so we can supply them appropriately. The camp has many tools, but please indicate in your registration if there is a tool you will be bringing for the job.

For chain sawing, we ask only for experienced operators and that you have the proper safety gear including protective helmet, gloves, and chaps.

Maple Sugaring!

Kathy and Colin are taping the sugar maples along the road. If the weather allows, we will boil the sap sometime during Camp Clean-Up Week. This calls for 24+ hours of outdoor campfire maintenance for boiling the sap. So, ANY help will be very welcome (particularly between midnight and dawn)!

For more information, please call the Rev. Colin Kerr-Carpenter, Site Director, at (315) 898-2152 or to register, please fill out our Google form.