The Wildwood Outdoor Classroom
Community "Barn-Raising"
Part 1: The Roof Trusses
Saturday, September 10, Pathways for
Radford held an old-fashioned community "barn-raising." Just as
rural communities have so often gathered in the past to raise a barn for
one of the community's members, Radford folk gathered to raise an
outdoor classroom for our own community. Many hands can make quick
work of raising a barn; so too, many willing workers turned a skeleton
into an outdoor classroom in a few hours. And just as a
barn-raising draws a rural community closer together, our "barn-raising"
forged friendships and fellowship among the citizens of our local
community.
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Trusses have been delivered, scaffolding has been erected, and
everything is ready to go. |
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The workers begin to arrive. |
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They ain't heavy! |
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Work starts and the first trusses go up. |
The Outdoor Classroom Story:
The Outdoor
Classroom is Planned
Groundbreaking
The Poles Go Up
The Beams Go on the
Poles
Radford High School Helps Out
Community Barn Raising: 1. The Roof Trusses
Community Barn
Raising: 2. Support for the Workers
Community Barn
Raising: 3. Finishing the Roof
The Classroom
Finally in Use |
