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For the past many years, Star Island has had a special
type of boost when opening up for the summer. It started out as a small
handful of conferees from all conferences volunteering their Memorial
Day weekend to tackle fix up projects on the island. It has turned into
a few weekends before and after (and including) Memorial Day with crews
that practically constitute a full conference. Coordinators pick crews
to work on almost ALL projects, from landscaping to painting to creating
new foundations to creating completely new buildings. Crews have consisted of conferees, past and present Pels, Church groups, Corporation members, past caretakers, and assorted other people. In the last few years, there have been numerous work weekend coordinating with Open Up activities during the months of May and June. These images were from the weekends that I was able to attend - not from all the weekends. If you have any photos of WW projects, please e-mail me and I will get them posted to this page.
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| Pictures from Work Weekend 2002. | ||
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 Putting yet another coat of paint on the screens |
 Yup, everything gets cleaned |
 Andy fixes the main hotel stairway wall. |
 Taylor and Son work on the Waste Water Utility Building |
 The counter (before) |
 The counter (after) |
 The Lobby Store has a nasty problem when it rains. |
 Sarah's kitchen counter (before) |
 Sarah's kitchen counter (after) |
 The Star Island solution to the Lobby Store leak |
 The ceiling in Pel Hall (before) |
 The ceiling in Pel Hall (after) |
 rest=good |
 The ceiling in Pel Hall (before) |
 The ceiling in Pel Hall (after) |
 play=better |
 Holly in the Carp Shop |
 Ben and Holly building a new boat for a lucky few conferees |
 The floating stairs are ready for a boat load of Pels arriving for the summer |
 While the Leighton docks at the barge... |
 The Privateer pushes the floating stairs between the Leighton and the Pamela J. |
 This is the test run... A conference has to arrive this way. |
 Torrence proves that volunteers can even cook |
 Lots of food gets made |
 ...and brownies, too! |
 The unusual (and hopefully short-lived) sight of the crane barge in Gosport Harbor |
 Yeah, it's even ugly close up. |
 Even though it costs an amazing amount, even though it's taking too long to make, even though it's forcing everyone into contingency-mode... It's gonna be beautiful for the next 100 years. |
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| Pictures from Work Weekend 2001. | ||
 New conference closet being made in Brookfield |
 Paul and Lisa have already started to fill the shelves |
 Kurt and Darren prove to Lisa that the shelves are strong enough |
 Newton Center gets a new kitchen and batheroom |
 From inside the Newton kitchen looking out |
 The Adams working on the Newton Kitchen |
 Asher was asked to destroy the old tuffet from Brookfield |
 Pels know how to work, party and rest with great efficiency |
 The pier damage from the tough winter. |
 Waste Water Utility Building gets an annex. |
 Kurt making concrete for the WWUB footings |
 The footings are almost done. |
| Pictures from Memorial Day (Work) Weekend 2000. | ||
 The newly painted float sits on the front lawn |
 Edith mowing down the LONG grass |
 Don't get in her way! |
 The Kiddie Barn Annex is taking shape |
 Discussions among the decision makers |
 Making tops for the compost bins |
 The compost project |
 Making a new porch for Cottage E |
 Even Al Doolittle gives some elbow grease |
 Julia (head of Truck Crew) in her element |
 Nola applies a coat of paint to the porch |
 John prepares, paints and cleans up Cottage A |
 A new fire escape in the back of the hotel |
 The skeleton starts looking like a fire escape |
 Bob Fry's crew built this in one weekend! |
 Kurt pulls out part of the Dragon's rotting tail |
 Smooth wood for the slides is a MUST |
 Kurt attempting to bolt 2 tires together (with a bolt that's too short) |
 A new handicap walkay is contemplated |
 The project starts to get pretty large and complicated |
 The path will borrow some of the basketball court |
| Some Pictures from Memorial Day (Work) Weekend 1999. | ||
 Some Pels contemplate the Tiki Bar |
 Adams and Son flying through the wall construction |
 Adams and Son flying through the wall construction |
 Everyone wants a peek at the Marshman building |
 Marshman building takes shape |
 "Looks like the hot tub will fit next to the fireplace." |
 Chris, Mark and Ben working on the Marshman building |
 Paintball training comes in handy with these tools |
 Does he look just a bit dangerous? |
 The outside of Marshman takes shape, too |
 The outside of Marshman takes shape, too |
 The outside of Marshman takes shape, too |
 The outside of Marshman takes shape, too |
 The outside of Marshman takes shape, too |
 The outside of Marshman takes shape, too |
 The outside of Marshman takes shape, too |
 The outside of Marshman takes shape, too |
 The outside of Marshman takes shape, too |
 Grannie's Annex is contemplated |
 The Annex takes shape |
 The Annex takes shape |
