Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Falling in Love with West Virginia

Our Apple Butter Float
The fall is a time when we as a staff are able to grow together and experience the special place that is WV for ourselves. 3 new staff members joined us in September and October - Teresa, Andi, and Natalie. We participated in Salem's Apple Butter Festival, went on a staff retreat in the Adirondacks, completed a few windows and small roofs, and made the Farm our own.
After over a month of staff weeks (full of various days of cleaning, retreating, hiking, doing home repair, and more!) everyone readily welcomed home 2 weeks of college students this fall. Our usual groups from Notre Dame, Creighton, St. Francis, and Aquinas joined us. With their help we completed a trailer roof, re-roofed the back half of our friends' home, and built a giant porch!

The staff at Niagara Falls on our way to our retreat



The staff on top of Snowy Mountain during retreat

(Chevy) Chase, our new truck!

A new roof for Jerry's shed

Bert and Roxanne's beautiful porch!

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