Good Turn Weekends

Project Descriptions

Akela Brush Cleanup

• Clear areas designated by the Ranger of shrubs, small trees, and tall grass
• Drag debris to a designated area
• A tractor and dump trailer may be available depending on mud conditions
• Bring: Gloves, water bottles, bow saws, loppers

Cleaning Buildings (Administration, Jones, Leadership Village)

• Wash tables, chairs, walls, floors, everything including bathrooms.
• Report any repairs needed.
• Leadership Village Instructions:
  • Use shop vac in shower house to clean all crevices at the seams of bunks and walls!
  • Wipe down bed frames, shake out mattresses, dust furniture, sweep and mop floors, empty waste paper baskets and install new bags as needed, report light bulbs not working inside and out, clean ceiling light covers,
  • Report any repairs needed, sweep and clean as needed the pavilion, and clean fire ring and sweep surrounding concrete.
• Bring: buckets, brooms, mops, shop vac (might be helpful), rags, mop, soap, gloves, anything to help you do the job, and personal water bottles.

Trail Cleanup & Maintenance

• Cut brush back 2 feet on both sides and note any trees needing chainsaw work.
• Remove trash, sticks, stones, and branches from the trail, and identify wet areas for mulch
• Trading Post / Main Road Trail Crew: level and mulch this trail! You may want to bring wheel barrels and shovels. 
• Bring: Gloves, water bottles, bow saws, loppers, rakes

Blazing New Trails

• Build new trail switchback trail from behind Ecology lodge uphill to Ridge Road.
• Bring: bow saws, loppers, gloves, and personal water bottles. You may barrow shovels, rakes and wheel barrels from the tool shed.  

Lunch Prep

• Arrive at the dining hall kitchen at 9:00 AM.
• Follow ServSafe food handling rules: wash hands before gloves, replace gloves after touching face or sneezing, tie back long hair.
• Prepare bagged lunches for grab and go, and clean the kitchen and dining area after lunch.
• Set up an area for scouts to eat inside the dining hall

Waterfront Cleanup

• Be prepared to pull weeds, rake leaves, rake sand, and others as outlined by Ranger Steve on Friday.
• Bring: rakes, loppers, bow saw, gloves, boots, and personal water bottles.

Bridge Builder’s Amphitheater Improvements

• Weed stage area and all around amphitheater areas including around program building.
• Rake and level areas around stage, and straighten paver bricks. If any adult has a weed eater please bring to help.
• Bring: gloves, personal water bottles, rakes, shovels, and small tools for stubborn weeds. Weed eater operators must wear ear and face protection.

Landscape Bouquet’s View Campsite

• As per Ranger Steve’s direction.
• Bring: bow saws, loppers, rakes, gloves, personal water bottles, and whatever else you think is necessary.

Land Bridge Maintenance

• Fill in water line hole, clean drainage ditch, clear brush around pond and land bridge. Stay off of new road and fresh topsoil on both sides of the road.
• Bring: shovels, rakes, rakes, loppers, bow saw, shovels, gloves, and personal water bottles.

Calumet Improvements

• Calumet improvements and cleanup including cleaning the refrigerator shed and appliances inside and out.
• Bring: cleaning soap, buckets, rags, vinyl gloves, rakes, brooms, regular gloves, and personal water bottles.

Ranger Bob Pavilion Beautification

• Beautification and cleanup at Ranger Bob’s Pavilion at Ecology.
• Pull weeds around building, sweep out pavilion, sweep out cob webs on posts and around building, clean trails leading to pavilion, remove any staples or nails, and any other cleanup you see.
• When finished, give a hand to scouts clearing brush at Akela.
• Bring: loppers, bow saw, rakes, brooms, pliers and screw driver for staples, gloves and personal water bottles.

Split Firewood

• Split and stack firewood at a location announced during check-in.
• Bring: Gloves, eye protection, ear protection, water bottles.

Bike Trail Maintenance

• Clear bike trail of branches and rocks on the ground. Clear branches hanging over the trail back far enough so they will not grow back over the trail. Report any large branches or trees that need cut with a chain saw.
• Bring: loppers, bow saw, rakes, gloves, and personal water bottles.

Make Spars for Outdoor Skills

• Cut marked saplings in the woods and remove branches and bark using the camp’s draw shave tools.
• Take them to maintenance to work on the spars
• Take the spars to the outdoor skills area and clean up the work area.
• Bring: Gloves, bow saw, loppers, water bottles.

Check Platforms at Campsites

• Repair and level as necessary. Check metal parts and wood structure. There are 1 x 6s in Bay 3 in the maintenance building.
• Metal parts are available at the maintenance building.
• Make note of campsites checked and any other repairs needed.
• Bring: gloves, personal water bottles, level, and small hand tools for replacing steel parts.

Clear Berm at Field Sports

• The berm is the hill that collects bullets after passing through the targets.
• Clear brush and tall weeds, and then weed around all buildings at the field sports.
• Bring: loppers, bow saws, rakes, gloves, and personal water bottles.

Install Culvert on Tonweya Trail

• Install culvert
• Repair erosion by tool house as directed by Ranger Steve.
• Bring: shovels, picks, spud bar, rakes, gloves, and personal water bottles.

Brush Cleanup

• Ranger Steve will assign an area to clear off shrubs, bushes, small trees, and tall grass.
• Drag the cleared brush to a designated area.
• Bring: Gloves, water bottles, bow saws, loppers.

Chapel Cleanup

• Sweep the Chapel floor and top of knee-high walls.
• Trim shrubs on both sides of walls and weed around shrubs and walls.
• Pick up sticks, debris, and stones in the Chapel yard and on the trail between the amphitheater and Chapel.
• Clean the area around the cross on the east side of the Chapel.
• Bring: Gloves, loppers, shrub shears, broom, leaf blower (if you have one), water bottles.

Retire Flags

• Flags are retired by burning under the supervision of a maintenance adviser
• Gather flags from the cage on the north side of the maintenance building
• A ceremony honoring the U.S. flag must be performed before burning, the ceremony must be written prior to the weekend
• Clean up after the ceremony to meet the adviser’s satisfaction
• Bring: Gloves, water bottles

Building Platforms

• Build 91” X 108” wooden platforms for tents under the supervision of a maintenance adviser
• Use lumber and screws from the maintenance building
• Clean up tools and the work area afterward
• Bring: Circular saw, drivers, tape measure, gloves, eye protection, ear protection, water bottles

Bluebird House Maintenance

• Clean out, repair, and replace bluebird houses.
• A maintenance advisor will accompany you to see where the houses are located and how to care for them 
• Bring: Gloves, water bottles.