Do you like to “muck it up”?
Woodstock Flood Response volunteer coordinators are trying to coordinate “work crews” for this coming weekend. The work going into Week Four since the Tropical Storm Irene deluge is now calling for slightly more skilled workers, but we’re told even those who “just want to help” can be provided with duties.
Also, the Woodstock Flood Response Volunteer Center is now operating weekends out of the Town Hall. If you simply need to stock up on your fave masks and gloves for continued “projects”, you can pick up your stuff there.
If you are someone who needs help with a project, you may also let the volunteer coordinators know. The best way to hook up with the volunteer effort going forward is to call Woodstock Dispatch which is keeping a list of people who need help or may continue to want to help this weekend. The number is 802-457-2337. The Volunteer Coordinators are Rep. Alison Clarkson and Hasse Halley who you may also contact directly.
Something to consider: We are getting into some grey areas about what is and what is not an “appropriate” volunteer project. Some projects calls for skilled tradespeople who will need to be hired or whose services must be asked for at that level. Other projects may not really be “appropriate” for volunteers if the homeowner can pay or hire people to perform the work themselves. Do we want our well-meaning volunteers really squirming through Haz-mat materials? Probably not. Is it appropriate to ask a 60-year-old volunteer to do that?
The Flood Response Volunteer effort will now be just on weekends through mid-October. Call Dispatch and sign up. The Volunteer Coordinators thank you.
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 