Not all the generosity we’ve experienced in the last month has come in the form of money!  We want to acknowledge the volunteers who have helped us improve the state of our Peace Park.

After last winter’s storms, the Peace Park looks like, well . . . like a hurricane hit it.  It is full of downed trees, mostly juniper and white pine, the shallow-rooted softwoods that were bent by the weight of the snow and uprooted by the high winds of several severe storms.  Frankly, we’ve never seen anything like it!

Here our grounds manager, John Pelletier, takes a volunteer on a tour of one such damaged area.  The volunteer was one of several trained by the Sierra Club who called and offered help.  We love it when that happens!  Particularly when the help shows up with his own chain saw and the expertise to use it!

John and the volunteer conferred, then the volunteer used John’s back to sign a volunteer waiver.  Then he got down to work, making his chain saw sing its industrious song!