Lodge Work Weekend
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
It’s guaranteed to be a time of enjoying God’s creation, an opportunity of using your skills (whatever they may be!) at camp, experiencing some great activities & times of relaxation, making new friends & spending time with old ones and having some quality camp-fire time!
Come prepared to work hard, see the reward of your efforts, fellowship and have fun with some great friends while doing it!
- Sign-up for the Whole Weekend or Just for Saturday!
- Location: Pioneer Lodge, Sundre
- Meals: Provided (First Meal Served: Saturday, breakfast)
- If Registering for Entire Weekend
- Date: TBA
- Arrival Time: TBA
- Departure Time: TBA
- If Volunteering for Saturday Only:
- Date: TBA
- Arrival Time: 8am Breakfast
- Work Sessions: Begin Saturday morning at 9am
- Cost: Weekend is free, but donations are greatly appreciated to offset meal & project supply costs.
- Work Camp Packing / What To Bring List
- Get Directions Here
Drive all the way in to the camp to register at the Lodge & unload.
- Lodge Unloading/Loading Zone Time Limit: 15 minutes.
- Once unloaded, all cars are to be moved to the Lodge’s back parking lot.
Friday
- 7:00 – 8:00pm Arrival & Settle In
- Welcome & Orientation
- Sign-up Sheets for Work Projects
- Hangout
Saturday:
- Breakfast and Clean-up
- Sign-up Sheets for Work Projects
- Morning Work Session
- Lunch and Clean-up
- Afternoon Work Session
- Snack
- Afternoon Work Session
- Supper and Clean-up
- Hang Out Time/Camp Fire/Worship Time
Sunday:
- Breakfast and Clean-up
- Morning Work Session
- Lunch and Clean-up
- Final Facility Clean-up
- Departure at 3pm
Donation Information
Proposed Projects for Work Weekend
Site Projects
Buck-up & Split Wood
- Age Requirements: 18+ w/prior experience to use chainsaw, 13+ with parental permission to use splitting axe, any age can stack wood
- Project Needs & Costs: You can contribute toward chainsaw gas and oil if you like, but otherwise this project is paid for with sweat and tears! (we’d like to avoid blood if at all possible)
- Tools & Items Needed for Lodge Projects
Cleaning Windows
- Window cleaning in the Lodge and Cabins
- Age Requirements: 14+
- Project Needs & Costs: Willing hands and positive attitude are all we need to get this project done as camp already has all the necessary supplies.
Lawn Mowing & Weed Whacking
- Age Requirements: 16+
- Project Needs & Costs: Contribute towards the gas & maintenance costs of our mower and power-whacker as cutting the lawn with scissors takes a very long time!
- Tools & Items Needed for Lodge Projects
Preparing & Painting the Lodge
- Prep work may include: preparing surface areas prior to painting.
- Numerous interior and exterior painting projects to choose from including: girls’ and boys’ bathrooms, hallways, stairwells, benches, exterior siding and fascia, etc.
- Age Requirements: 14+
- Project Needs & Costs: Donations of both the monetary and gifts-in-kind variety* would be much appreciated for the numerous painting projects we have around this ageing facility.
- *Quality brushes, rollers, trays, paints, thinners, etc.
- Please note if you are planning on donating paint: colour & type will need to be approved prior to use (even if a neon pink pool house seems like a really good idea…)
- Tools & Items Needed for Lodge Projects
Maintaining ITC Course
- Spread 1 to 2 inches of fresh wood chips over entire site (smaller hands welcome!)
- Age Requirements: All ages welcome.
- Project Needs & Costs: Wood chip mulch is the only type of supplies we will need to complete this project.
- Tools & Items Needed for Lodge Projects
Barns Projects
Fencing
- Fencing is a big project around here.
- We have 300 acres of fences to check out. We need help!
- Project Goals Include:
- Fencing at the Barns: Renovating the wooden fencing surrounding the camp by replacing fence posts and rails.
- Fencing on the Land: Checking perimeter of our pasture and replacing/repairing barbwire fencing.
- Clearing Trails: Removing deadfalls, etc. on our riding trails.
- Three teams of volunteers will split up to cover the various fencing locations.
- If you want to be outside swinging a hammer, this is the job for you!
- Age Requirements: 18+ to go out on the land and do the barbwire fencing or cleaning trails, 18+ to supervise post & rail fencing project, 12+ to assist with post & rail fencing project (supervised).
- Project Needs & Costs: Donations towards the cost of the new posts & rails would be appreciated. As would physical posts, rails, and/or hardware.
- *If you are donating supplies, please touch base with the Lodge Office first.
- Tools & Items Needed for Lodge Projects
Salt Arena
- Dust can make our covered arena almost unusable!
- A small amount of magnesium chloride evenly distributed can vastly improve the situation.
- Younger helpers will spread salt while supervisors ensure even distribution and will help rake the salt under the surface of the sand.
- Age Requirements:All ages welcome! (12 and under require parental supervision.)
- Project Needs & Costs:Help contribute towards purchasing the magical anti-dusting powder (salt).
- Estimated cost is approximately $150 for amount required.
- Tools & Items Needed for Lodge Projects
Weed Spraying
- When you have some weeds in the neighbourhood, who do you call? Weed Busters!
- Thistles and buttercup have begun to grow in our pastures surrounding the barns. These beautiful plants are weeds in a horse pasture.
- Volunteers will spray the flowers using garden variety herbicide, thus blessing our horses with better quality pasture to enjoy.
- Age Requirements: 14+
- Project Needs & Costs:Garden variety herbicide & sprayers to apply it with are the primary supplies needed for this project. Donations of the monetary and/or gifts-in-kind variety* towards this project would be greatly appreciated.
- *If you are donating supplies, please touch base with the Lodge Office first.
- Tools & Items Needed for Lodge Projects
