elaine Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 Join us if you can! Saturday May 3rd Volunteer Registration booth open from 8-10:00 am by the fee station. Volunteers get to pick from many improvement projects. Light breakfast, work gloves, tools, sunscreeen, and water provided. All ages are welcome to volunteer. The "Barn" (above the Lower Gorge access) opens at 4:00 for gear demos, slacklining, silent auction, BEER, and other snacks before the FREE dinner. Dinner starts at 6:00, and it typically is a burrito feed. The oral auction and gear raffle follow dinner. All proceeds from silent and oral auction items go back into the funds for the clean up next year. The Smith Rock Group is a non profit, so it goes to a great cause. Go to smithrocks.com for more info or contact Ian Caldwell at iancaldwell@hotmail.com Quote
elaine Posted May 6, 2008 Author Posted May 6, 2008 176 volunteers was the tally for the day! Lots of work got done in 6 or so hours. I worked on the new stairs descending from Karate Crack past Latest Rage ( the old ones were damn scary!). Others worked over by Scarface and improved trail access in the Aggro Gully. Other projects included removing dead junipers from the parking lot area, working at the Grasslands and the main access trail from the parking lot. Some new bolts and anchors were supposed to be replaced at the Picnic Lunch Wall ( Five Easy Pieces was one route). The Smith Rock Group always does an awesome job putting this event on. And by the way....no one has expressed interest for stepping into the Access Fund RC's role for any region of the State. Volunteer reps do not have to manage a large area, but could focus on a smaller region and having more reps in the State. Having different folks focus in on Central, Eastern, Southern, and the Portland area would be a plus. Contact me or the AF if you are interested!! Quote
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