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Science-History Center volunteers at work to give Camp Evans a future
in education.
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On Friday, May 5, 2006 Lucent
Technologies and the Penn-Jersey chapter 132 of
the New
Outlook Pioneeers returned for volunteer Day
2 of the Global Days of caring.
They were like a hurricane. So many things were happening in
every room and outside all at once.
The goal is to rehabilitate the old telephone exchange building build
for service in WW2 into three classrooms.
In these rooms Pioneers and InfoAge volunteers can show kids the
amazing and fundamental developments in communications that are the
foundation of our modern world.
During the busy day damage to front steps was
repaired and new railings were made. In classroom 2 missing
ceiling lights were replaced. New water lines were put
inplace.
Repairs were made to damaged electric conduit and exposed wires were
removed. Unsafe conditions resulting from BRAC contractors
incompletely removing equipment were eliminated.
Trees were trimmed. In the Marconi hotel telephone lines
were traced, a hall painted and subfloor repairs were
completed. So much was going on and so many things were
done it was amazing.
The work done and the quality is unbelievable!!!
Special
thanks to LRE management - John Signorello, Ken Sikorski and Vince
Wieser.
Thank you for the excellent help!!
It
is early morning at 9059 (center) and the New Outlook Pioneers are
making
things better. Some Pioneers arrived as early as 6AM!
By the end of the day this historic building would be improved inside
and out.
....
Removing
leaves, vines and soil that allowed vines to grow in the security fence
in front of the telephone exchange building on right.
....
Mike Gagliano and john Marra repair damage to front steps. During
sewer
system removal and replacement careless contractors did considerable
damage.
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Before
: Ted Ficarra
repairs sheetrock damaged when BRAC contractors removed light
fixtures. And, after. Quality beyond
expectation.
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Mike Gagliano levels the ground. Note the new steps, freshly
installed. They were made in custom forms to match the
originals. Rich Gagliano removes trimmed tree limbs he
pruned.
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Electricians remove conduit from removed
equipment and wire new florescent fixtures with electronic ballast and
T8 bulbs.
While most of the volunteers were working on 9059, others were
helping in the Marconi Hotel. The telephone line needed
tracing and
labeling.
The hall was ready for its finish coat of paint. Calvin
Cradle and Lincoln Horton did an excellent
professional job.
We needed floor underlayment repaired to be ready
for our first NJHDA event which Linda DeStasio and a carperter
completed.
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Lynn Hatch (l) visiting Ron Opitz (c) and Garry Collier (r) who
were tracing telephone lines in the Hotel basement . Ron
Opitz (l) admires Calvin Cradle's edging skill
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Frank Konow and John Marra have the new railings are nearly
completed. The Pioneers used plastic rails to make sure visiting
students can not get wood splinters,
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New lights in clssroom 2 were there was none and damaged sheetrock a
few hours before. Plumber John Schweitzer
installs a new water line so the old one can be retired.
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Lights now working in classroom 1 where there was darkness for the last
eight years. The New Outlook Pioneers
brought excess chairs, tables and work benches for InfoAge.
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Getting ready for the day's group photo.... Photographer
Linda DeStasio takes aim....
Excellent, now one more.
What an excellent day of progress. Lynn Hatch did a good
thing advocating this project and managing all the hundreds of details.
Thank you to each volunteer from Lucent Technologies and the New
Outlook Pioneer for helping save Camp Evans and giving it a new future
in education as
New Jersey's WWII Living Memorial.
The Lucent Real Estate crew members from May
5 and May
12*:
<>Allen Andreatch
Thomas Andreatch
Robert Carroll
Dave Caruso *
Calvin Credle (Co-coordinator)
Rick Christmas
Garry
Collier
<>Linda De
Stasio
JoAnn Du
Dasko
Keith
Diebold *
Ted Ferguson
Ted Ficarra *
Jerry French *
Rich Gagliano
Mike Gagliano
John Grasso *
Lincoln
Horton
Bill Jones *
Mike King
Frank Konow
Ron Opitz
John Marra
John Schweitzer (and May 19th!)
Ron Sharp
<>Jerome Stradford
Lynn
Hatch – New Outlook #132 – 2nd VP
Chapter & Coordinator
Page updated May 31,
2006
page created May
14, 2006
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