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October 03, 2006
Make a Difference Day, October 28th
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| Chico Noon Rotary has taken on a number
of community projects as part of the lead up to national "Make
a Difference Day" (October 28th). A project I've been involved in is the sanding, prepping, and painting of "the Big Cheese" and "Humpty's Sandbox" in Caper Acres. Several months ago Mr. Dumpty was vandalized, and in cleaning up the spray-paint his face was partially removed. Humpty was also suffering from some masonry problems. A dozen Rotarians got together and did the fixes and applied the coats of paint to both structures. Then artist Gregg Payne came in to paint Humpty. As of now Humpty has had a nice facelift, and the remaining detail work was competed to make the wall appear as stone blocks. Humpty is old, and will probably need more than cosmetic fixes in the coming years. But shining up this Chico landmark was fun and a lot less work than one would expect. With the Park Department's new volunteer coordinator, Lise Smith-Peters, in place it's a lot easier to get the support necessary to make small projects happen. There's still time to get together with your friends and family to do something nice in our park system for "Make a Difference Day", so please look into volunteer opportunities at the link above. |
Posted by Lon at October 3, 2006 09:07 PM