DAY 4 – Tuesday, March 14

Much cooler today - after the big storm last night, the temperature dropped to around 50F. Lots of beautiful sunshine but also lots of wind.

The presentation at the Middle Schools was much more exciting today - lots of questions from all of the students and the teachers. Most of the questions were quite interesting regarding language, multiculturalism, etc. For one student, however, his main concern was whether or not we had Hillbillies up in Canada.

Folks participating at REACH painted for a while, then they painted, and finally they finished the day by more painting. Doors were removed from their hinges and rehung to make them work a little better - weather stripping around doors was also replaced. Windows have been washed and general clean-up undertaken. Even though we had 19 on the worksite today, we could easily cram another week’s work into the three or four hours allocated to this project.

At the Historical society, folks were involved in laminating obituaries for the Society. Met a couple of sisters from the Mormon faith who were also doing volunteer work as part of their ministry. Had an interesting discussion with them regarding their activity in the region. After a half day at the Historical society, the work party went to the Food Bank to assist that organization. The Food Bank serves roughly 600 people in the area, which could represent close to 10% of the population of LaFollette.

At the Habitat work site, painting and siding continued with one side totally finished, including soffits. Hopefully no more than another day of siding to complete the job. Bedrooms are pretty well finished with respect to painting, but still another day or two of work required.

-Peggy

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