(From the Miracle League of Findlay)
Miracle League families, volunteers and supporters, it’s an exciting time for the Miracle League and the City of Findlay. After several years of planning, community design and fundraising we are now ready for the final step in our $450,000 expansion.
Installation of the fitness equipment!
The project team elected to do a community build for the Fitness Park which results in a savings of approximately $38,000 worth of labor value vs having the vendor install the equipment. By having the community build it provides a way to let the community participate and support this great project. It also allowed us to maximize the amount of equipment for the Fitness Park.
The equipment has started to arrive and the site work will begin later this month.
Final step is a call for volunteers who want to help with the 2-3 day process to install the fitness equipment. We need individuals that are handy and can work with their hands and follow written instructions. We will be installing 36 pieces of exercise equipment around the ballfield. We will have supervisors from the vendor to lead us and help with the installation.
One important role we need is someone that can layout the parts and equipment for the various work teams for each day. If this is something that you would like to do please let me know. Tools will be minimal – impact drills, screwdrivers and wrenches. Each day we will have two 5 hour shifts for a total of 10 hours each day. We would prefer a 10 hour day but can handle 5 hour shifts if that works better with your schedule. Lunch and water will be provided each day.
For planning purposes we are looking at the following tentative schedule: Weather permitting
Day zero September 22nd (Monday), (no volunteers needed, layout of the site by Penchura, City of Findlay and the Project Team):
Day 1 – September 23rd (Tuesday), 7:30am to 12:30 and 1pm to 6:00pm
Day 2 – September 24th (Wednesday), 7:30am to 12:30 and 1pm to 6:00pm
Day 3 – September 25th (Thursday), 7:30am to 12:30 and 1pm to 6:00pm (contingency day)
We need 20-25 volunteers for each hour of work. We will break up into smaller independent teams and assemble the fitness equipment around the outside of the Miracle Field. Please feel free to pass this onto family and friends who might like the opportunity to help out in this final step.
Send Brad Koller your name, dates and times you want to help. He will build a schedule and send it out to the daily volunteer teams.
If you have any questions or want additional information please contact Brad Koller at (734) 395-5725. If you can volunteer please email back at (goclev31@aol.com).
