Tag: Work Day
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Workday – March 1, 2025
Who: Anyone who’s willing and able to help. Scarlett students are welcome to participate but you must bring a parent. Where: Meet at the bench near the showcase at the main entrance to the woods. What to bring: Hand tools if you have them – saws, loppers, clippers. Snacks and water if desired. When: March 1, 2025 at 1 –…
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Woodchuck Winter Workday – February 8, 2025
Who: Anyone who’s willing and able to help. Scarlett students are welcome to participate but you must bring a parent. Where: Meet at the bench near the showcase at the main entrance to the woods. What to bring: Battery powered drills, wheelbarrow, shovel and hammer. Snacks and water if desired. When: February 8, 2025 at 1 – 3:00pm. Why? We’ll build…
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Woodchuck Winter Workday – February 1, 2025
Who: Anyone who’s willing and able to help. Scarlett students are welcome to participate but you must bring a parent. Where: Meet at the bench near the showcase at the main entrance to the woods. What to bring: Hand tools if you have them – saws, loppers, clippers. Snacks and water if desired. When: February 1, 2025 at 1 –…
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Impromptu Workday – November 8, 2024
Thanks to Autumn Jackson for organizing this impromptu workday, targeted at cleaning up the trash along Old Ellsworth Road. Autumn, Bill McNitt and I showed up on a lovely afternoon and filled up Bill’s wagon with bags of collected trash, which we disposed of in the Scarlett dumpsters. It was very satisfying!
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Workday – January 4, 2025
Who: Anyone who’s willing and able to help. Scarlett students are welcome to participate but you must bring a parent. Where: Meet at the bench near the showcase at the main entrance to the woods. What to bring: Hand tools if you have them – saws, loppers, clippers. Snacks and water if desired. When: January 4, 2025 at noon –…
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NAP Workday – October 25, 2024
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 – 1 to 4 pm Natural Area Preservation (NAP) Workday in Scarlett Mitchell Nature Area – East – Meet at the Turnberry entrance – NAP prefers participants to sign up in advance in order to save time City of Ann Arbor Volunteer Hub. We worked on the west end of the marsh…
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Workday – November 2, 2024
Weren’t we fortunate to have such good weather for a Workday? Just enough sun to light up the woods and keep us warm, no mosquitoes, and the rain held off. All y’all were very photogenic and the collage almost put itself together this time. The bark in the middle row of photos (far left) is…
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Workday (New Life Church) – September 29, 2024
New Life Church Workday September 29, 2024 in Mitchell-Scarlett Woods VOLUNTEERS ROCK – So many individuals and groups have helped save Scarlett-Mitchell Woods and maintain it over the years. We’re grateful to all of them, including you, for pitching in. Scanning through the photos on my computer, I found hundreds of photos of workdays including many of New Life…
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Impromptu Clearing Downed Tree from Loop Trail
On Thursday, July 18, 2024, we discovered that the main loop trail in the woods had been blocked by the fallen crown of an oak tree. Later that evening, we discussed the tree at our monthly Friends of Scarlett Mitchell Woods meeting. We decided to tackle the problem the next morning at 10:00 am. Thanks…
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Workday – June 1, 2024
Who: Anyone who’s willing and able to help. Scarlett students are welcome to participate but you must bring a parent. Where: Meet at the bench near the showcase at the main entrance to the woods. What to bring: Hand tools if you have them – saws, loppers, clippers. Snacks and water if desired. When: June 1, 2024 at 10:00am –…