14th Annual Smith Rocks Spring Thing- 5/6

[elaine]

The Smith Rock Group will be holding it's annual clean up project on Saturday May 6th. Last year over 170 volunteers showed up to help out.

 

The fun gets started at 8:00 am with breakfast, parking passes, tools, project sign ups, and even some vendor booths ( Metolius and others) that will be demo-ing gear.

 

Projects include retaining walls at the New Testment Slab, Bunny Face, and Prophet Walls. On the backside, hillside stabilization work will be done by Wherever I May Roam. Invasive weed pulling and other maintenance projects will occur, too.

 

In the evening, there is dinner served for all volunteers at 6:00 pm, a prize raffle and oral auction of really cool gear, clothing, gift certificates, and other swag!!

Last year, Ben Moon ( Bend resident) did an awesome slideshow of the day's events and some of his own work. We hope he'll be back!!

 

All proceeds raised at the event benefit the Smith Rock Group, a 501 c3 non profit that puts all donations back into the park! You can donate year round, too, if you really love Smith!

 

For more info on the clean up, contact iancaldwell@hotmail.com or go to the smithrocks.com website

[elaine]

185 volunteers made it out this year! Thanks to the Smith Rock Group for putting on a great event. Lots of improvements to the front side; Bunny Face area, New Testament, Cocaine Gully, Scarface/Rude Boys, as well as the Misery Ridge Trail. A group even hauled it out to Koala Rock.