Today we painted 8 roof panels and frames and finished the side walls. We also built the two end walls! One of which was built by our Ballenas Interact students with the guidance of Ray. He was a huge help and we all learned a lot from him. Katie and I learned how to use a chop saw and cut the studs to length for the wall. Devin, David, John and Aahren and the rest of us nailed the frame together, then secured the sheeting after making sure it was properly aligned. After they were nailed down we teamed up to paint the wall. Aahren and Devin also got the chance to use a skilsaw! Many exciting new experiences and skills. Such great work from our Interact students today! 

Everyone worked so hard today and we are very excited to the get the walls up tomorrow!

 

 

The Rotary Club of Parksville AM has decided it is time to take out the trash on Little Mountain. Over the years, the base of this beautiful pristine area of Parksville has become a dumping ground, either because the dumpers didn’t want to pay for proper disposal of their garbage or because they thought it would be exciting to throw something large over a 100 foot cliff.

Funding to help offset some of the costs of this clean-up comes from an unusual source. Back in 2010, Oscar-winner Adrien Brody starred in a movie about a man who awakens in a wrecked car in the forest at the bottom of a steep ravine with no memory of who he is or how he got there.  The movie was “Wrecked” and the filming location was the base of Little Mountain.

However, all was not untouched on this apparently ideal film location, as the crew discovered a mountain of trash that had been tossed from the top and had been accumulating for years, resulting in a vast disgusting mess covering the entire base of Little Mountain.  The film crew shot around the trash, but before leaving, they donated their coffee fund money, in the amount of $750, to help with future clean-up.