Another update on some work of the St. Bridget Youth Group, Parish Staff, and The Joes a couple of weekends ago as part of Lenten 2016 Projects. Great job by everyone involved!
Organize & Remove Clutter
With the help of the St. Bridget Youth Group, leaders, and Parish staff, items in storage were identified and sorted.
Along with The Joes, the Youth Group Junior High students sorted and reallocated of many items that were no longer needed at the Parish.
Some went to Goodwill and Restore of Habitat for Humanity. The excess filled a 20 cubic yard dumpster and helped to clean out the basement space.
3 rooms full of items were reduced to less than 1 room of items organized for all Parish Groups.
Paint the Mechanical Rooms
The basement space is punctuated by 3 small rooms, each housing a furnace and mechanicals. The youth group prepped and painted each room with dramatic colors, befitting the character of the space.
They intend to add casual furniture, rugs, and other activities to the space.
Each room painted was 12’ high and 22’ in length, requiring careful trim work and floor taping.
Create a Giant Blackboard
Along the North wall of the basement, the Joes built a 2 x 6 stud wall 8’ x 24’ in size.
Drywall board was installed and prepped for coating material consisting of primer and 2 coats of ‘blackboard’ surface.
The board area will be trimmed with rough sawn cedar and ready for ‘chalk’ by March 1st.