[Announce] Fw: Seventh Annual Clear Creek Monastery Workday and Pig Roast, March 7, 2009

[Robert Waldrop]

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7th Annual Clear Creek Monastery Workday, Saturday, March 7, 2009.

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Seventh Annual Clear Creek Monastery Workday and Pig Roast
Saturday, March 7, 2009

7:30 AM Coffee and breakfast snacks
8:30 AM Work begins
12:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Work Resumes
5:00 PM Check in Supplies and Tools
6:00 PM Vespers

We need over 200 to 400 volunteers - all skill levels needed. Organize a group, friends or come on your own. Church Groups, Scouts, & Knights welcome. Come down Friday and stay until Sunday Bring Pillows, Blankets, Sleeping Bags Lots of floor space and the only time camping is allowed. Build, Cut, Chop, Burn and Eat and Eat and Eat.... It will all be fun.....we may have some surprises! Great event for all ages: Plenty for the whole family to do. SAFETY WILL BE FIRST. We need work guides and kitchen help.

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For more information and to sign up for the workday at: 

http://www.MonasteryWorkDay.com

or contact Dan Doyle at DanielBDoyle at aol.com or 918-906-8600.

We will have the customary pig and we will again be roasting 10 of the monks lambs.  We might even add some beef this year.  We are hoping for a record turnout this year.  Don't worry, there will be plenty to do.


I know it is late - we only have a six weeks until the next workday.  We will try to make the workday rewarding and relaxing (with a little Advil).  


Urgent needs!!!!!

WE NEED WORK GUIDES!  My hope is to get the same work guides along with new work guides to help organize the event.  This role is critical to the success of the workday.  

Send me an email if you can be a work guide this year.   See the responsibilities below.  We will have a work guide orientation 2 weeks prior to the workday for a few hours to go over the tasks, locations and identify needed supplies.  


Workday Volunteers

We are looking for at least 200 and could use 400 volunteers this year.   Register at www.monasteryworkday.com to get the emails and sign up for the workday.  If you have trouble, send me an email at DanielBDoyle at aol.com.


We will need all the same skills and equipment.  I am assuming there are a lot of new chain saws out there from the Tulsa ice storm last year.  Teams will include Burn Teams, Weedkiller Teams (experienced only) and Seeding Team volunteers.  We will need plumbers, welders, doctors, fencebuilders, brush clearing, etc.....  We will need donations of money, seed, food, equipment and other items.  We will need people to help prior to the workday, as well.  Getting organized is a job in itself.  


Everything I said last year, applies again this year.  As many of you know, the affects of previous ice storms were devastating to the fencelines.  Two years ago, the workday was successful in standing up all 12 miles of the fence and cleaning up many of the roads.  Last year we built new fences and worked on some of the interior projects.  We will do this again.  We will also revisit the fencelines to repair damage from the limbs that have finally fallen from the canopy and damaged the fence, as well as clearing a fenceline road for the tractor.  Br. Joseph has been communicating with the state about a land clearing program he has joined.  To get the money he expects, they have described the clean up of the pastures and the cleared woods he needs to complete.  We will move many of the teams to this task.  Unless there is a burn ban, we will be building small burn piles and have trained Burn Teams supervising the burning of these piles.  We could use some overnighters this year to monitor those fires over night.  This is one of the requirements of the state that Br. Joseph is unable to satisfy by himself.  This is a year round task.  

Work Guide Responsibilities

The primary responsibility of the work guide is to get workers to the work sites, describe the work task to them and keep them from working too hard. SAFETY FIRST is the primary duty of the work guide.  Prior to the workday, the work guide should get familiar with the tasks they are to accomplish and request the supplies they believe will be necessary to be successful.  We will have many of the same work areas this year.

Daniel B. Doyle
918-906-8600
DanielBDoyle at aol.com
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