the whole gang perched on Dereks truck which they just loaded with firewood
teamwork in action!
We had a visit this week from S.O.U.L. This is a group of students from St. Mary’s University in Winona Minnesota that does service learning trips. Their name stands for Serving Others United in Love. What a great idea. And they really commit, too. When they came to see us they were on the tail end of an extended weekend trip which had just involved two nights of below-freezing camping while they helped out with a state park. They were cold and a couple were sick. But when their last event of the trip canceled on them, did they go home to their nice warm dorms and call it good? No they did not! They detoured over to visit Whole Trees. We gave them a tour and talk about whole tree construction and then put them to work hauling a bunch of downed trees out of the stream bed. Before they left they also helped move a truckload of firewood into Derek’s big red truck. I personally appreciate that a lot – that firewood will keep my fingers warm while I type and click in AutoCAD all winter. Thanks a bunch S.O.U.L.!
filling the truck in about five minutes
This is the same organization (although not the same group) that helped Roald repair the damage to our greenhouse two years ago after a huge spring flood washed all the dirt from the north wall up against the south glass. Roald tried to call and cancel their tour, saying there was too much work to do and nothing to see … but they just said it was all the more reason to come and help out. Many hands make light work and they got the entire hillside shoveled back where it belonged in a single day.