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Spring Work Day
Summer programming starts in a month! We want to have occupancy to the pavilion by the end of the month. Can you help?! Join us on Saturday May 28th from 9am – 3pm for Spring Work Day! Jobs will include (but not limited to) .Painting the upstairs of the pavilion .Turning the pavilion from a construction zone…
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Pavilion Work Continues – Can you help?!
Happy New Year from BBC! What better way to start the new year than helping build the pavilion at BBC?! There is still lots of work to do on the 2nd floor of the pavilion including drywall, finishing work, hanging doors and shelving (see pic below). We’d love to have your help! Join us on January 16th to make…
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Pavilion Progress Continues – Can you help?!
Happy December from BBC! Work on the pavilion continues! We hope to have the 2nd floor of the pavilion completed and usable by April of 2016. The 2nd floor includes office space, a large meeting room, the nurses station, etc. We’re hoping to utilize as much volunteer labor as possible. Can you help? See the…
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Construction Update – Week of June 8
This week has been stressful! We had an electrical inspection on Monday (passed). Building inspection on Tuesday (allowed access to a couple areas). We are still needing a visit from the health department. And, on top of that, staff are showing up. In fact, summer staff orientation starts on Saturday! In the building lots of…
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Construction Update – week of May 23:
It’s been a busy week at BBC! The work didn’t take a Memorial Day Holiday – instead Dale Snader of Dale’s Homes led a group from Taftsville Mennonite Chapel to rake and seed the property. Grass is already starting to grow. Another electrical crew from PA arrived to make sure we have lights, electric and…
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Pavi Construction Update April 1-30
What a month! The pavi has been transformed from a partly finished shell to an almost summer-ready building…well, parts of it. Progress could not be made without the help of so many volunteers! People have come from far (PA) and close (Lynds Hill Road) to help get the pavi ready for Summer 2015. Progress also could…
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TBT: Polar Bear Campers in the New Pavi
Impressive. Well Constructed. Beautiful. These are words people have used to describe the new pavi when look around the construction site. But the word we hear most is BIG. And it’s true. There is a lot of space in the new pavilion. Outside of renovating the kitchen, more (dry) space was one of the main…
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Old Pavi Art Sold At Annual Benefit Auction
On September 27, the 12th annual benefit auction will be held at Bethany Birches Camp. The original pavilion was torn down just a month ago. And we are busily working toward the completion of the new pavilion. And boy is it going to cost some money to build and finish this new pavilion! Many people…
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Pavi Hoedown Teardown: Thank You!
Sometimes the task ahead of us looks too big. Monumental. Insurmountable. When completing a thesis became a requirement for graduate school I wondered if I would pass. (I did.) When driving over the Killington Pass in the snow became necessary to go home I wondered if I should rent an apt in Rutland. (I didn’t.)…
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Conversation with Martin Excavators
On the day of pavi demolition my mom proved how well she knew me by asking: “How is Amber (Cheeks)? She does not like change.” Normally I try to avoid change until it’s too late and then move forward with whatever is in front of me. Even though I know change is necessary and good, I’d…
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