[Bordermarch] Work Pary Idea

[Tessa]

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From: "Tommie Stovall-Prentiss" <katitcha at hotmail.com>
To: <bordermarch at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 3:32 PM
Subject: [Bordermarch] Work Pary Idea


> Greetings,
>
>  I was wondering if anyone has comprised a list of Barony members and
> families who need work done from storm damage.

Yes.  As a matter of fact, that was accomplished.  Immediately following Hur 
Rita, as populace families returned to the lands from which we were ordered 
to evacuate, we each looked about us and went to the ones with the most 
serious damage first. Many pitched in for teamwork with elbow grease and 
sandwich meals at one's property or another until trees were removed, door 
ways were dug out, porches were shored up, holes were stuffed or covered, 
roofs were sturdied up at least a bit, animals were traded around, 
generators were shared, carpets were pulled to the curb, laundry was tended, 
sleeping spaces were provided, gasoline was shared, refrigerators were seen 
to, and drying out processes began, with the added adventuh of combatting 
mold and mildew.  Some major gutting was done.  Some major moving was done. 
Some major relocations were done.
For weeks and weeks upon weeks the barony lived this way.  Through that, the 
barony's Cooking Guild's November 2005 Rose Tourney feast (lost in the 
freezer) was reconstructed with aid, and the November Autumn Melees of 2005 
were carried out rather than cancelled, including populace members helping 
the Jones Campgound landlord to clear his park of debris and sharing space 
with FEMA.
If a person was able to live at home after minor clean-up or repairs, they 
also freely gave of their own resources and time to help the ones who could 
not.

The recent work day you mentioned was rather a surprise for Their 
Excellencies and as much so for some of the individuals who happened to drop 
over and find a large crew ready so they stayed to help.  It was a day of 
energy concentration to lend hands to TE's to get over a major construction 
hump.
They have given much, much, much to the populace of their time, talents, 
resources, and inspiration; and the very least any of us could do for them 
is assist in some repairs.
Volunteers rolled up sleeves and brought tools to do the jobs they could, 
giving up as much time as possible, out of love for our Baron and Baroness. 
The devotion of liegepersons is a strong motivator.