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July 11-13 (Fri-Sun)
August 8-10 (Fri-Sun)

Landscapers, Handy-Men, & Trade Skill know-how needed.

This weekend's focus:

Next Weekend: Volunteer Work (and play) Weekend May 9-11, 2008 Our focus will be to "tidy up" outside. Inspect and restack wood piles, clean out the wildflower stalks, and also arrange the tool cabin. Volunteers of all abilities are welcome. Tom will be the host. Starland provides dinner and snacks for the volunteers. The evening activities include fun and magic--movies, table games, and possibly, crafts. All volunteers are admitted free of charge (RV hookups are available, at the usual fee). Newcomers to Starland who volunteer at our Work Weekends are offered a complimentary Bright Star Membership. For more details, see Starland's memberships.

If you'd like to help out anytime or even "call" a Work & Play Event into being, please contact us. Thanks!

You are welcome to arrive Friday afternoon, and stay through Sunday night. No fee for our volunteers and who will also be eligible for a complimentary Bright Star annual Membership, or a renewal to an existing Bright Star Membership.

Bring tools that might help you with the tasks you're interested in. Also bring a jacket or sweater, and the usual things to bring (see What to Bring).

We plan to clean up and move some heavy things! So we need "muscles" for our Work & Play Weekend. There are a number of tasks for "less-muscled" volunteers, too!

During the weekend, we'll offer all volunteers a tasty dinner, and hot tub use. Snack food, bottled water, soft drinks, coffee and tea, will be available to all who register and come to this Work & Play Weekend. Breakfast cereals, and other culinary "delights" are here, too. Let us know if you have special dietary needs, or food allergies.

Things we seek, from donors and volunteers:
NOTE: A lot of times we just need know-how. If you're an expert in a particular trade, but can't spend the time to do the work for us, just teach us how and show us how the work should be done professionally... any input would be extremely helpful for us and very much appreciated.

-- We need a plumbing expert to relocate our out-door washing machine before a freeze comes.
-- Electrical work; supply to cabins, in the house, and the RV area.
-- Paint; (consider buying the "rejects" at Home Depot for $5/gallon). We need all kinds and colors of paint (the brighter, the better), for both indoor and outdoor projects.
-- Refrigerators (must be "Energy Star" certified) any size.
            1) We have a $100-$200 budget for a USED ONE
            2) and also a $300 matching fund for a BRAND NEW "Energy Star" certified refrigerator.
Contact us, if you need further information.

Some on-going projects:
For the Muscular and Brawny...

1) LANDSCAPE RENEWAL -Big-time. We need someone handy with a road grader or Bob-cat tractor to level and develop parts of Starland.
          1) Area for car, scrap material, and, refuse storage area to keep Starland beautiful.
          2) "Matrix-Ville Creation Compound" -flatten area for dwelling and drive-way development with Road access.

2) Fencing;
          1) Our old fence has deteriorated/blown down and needs mending.
          1) New fencing to enclose the scrap material and storage area.

3) Move and clean-up behind the fence and Pine Cabin. This work requires gloves, and good work shoes, for safety. There are many heavy, oblong objects to move and place in a neat stack. We seek sorters and handlers!

4) Build a hinged cover over the septic tank. Simple carpentry skills needed.

5) Removal of Above-Ground Electric Conduit Behind Bunk Cabin

6) "Grunt" Work, to prepare for new underground conduit.