Clean Up Day
October 4th
Help St. Matthew Shine for Our Open House!
Dear members of Saint Matthew:
We are hoping for a good response for help with clean up day. You may notice new mulch and stone placed in and around the building. Doors and window trim have been re-painted. There is much more to do to put our best foot forward for our open house on October 12. Below is a list of the jobs that need to be done in priority order. Helpers who are master gardeners can direct sprucing up the pollinator garden, leaving the milkweed alone until the Monarchs have departed. Please let us know if you are coming so we can plan refreshments. Email yankeerun@aol.com or secathcart@comcast.net.
Priority Job List
Gardening & Mulching
- Finish mulching the area next to the Memorial Garden in the front of the building
- Tools needed: Yard rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows
- Notes: Two yards of mulch will be placed in the first parking spot.
- Mulch the south side of the building, i.e., the Sunday School classrooms
- Tools needed: Yard rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows
- Notes: Use the mulch pile in the first parking spot.
- Border and rake out the bed next to the mulch pile, remove the center bush which is dead and trim up the remaining shrub
- Tools needed: Yard rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows
- Notes: Note that the memorial stone for Archie Bowers is there. Be neat around it.
- Limb up the Chinese Holly. Take out the lower six to 10 inches so there is air circulation and mulch underneath with the rest of the bed
- Tools needed: Yard rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows
- Notes: The tree is overall well shaped. Property will trim the entire tree later in the year.
- Mulch the bed under the Sunday School Windows
- Tools needed: Yard rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows
- Mulch the other beds along the ramp
- Tools needed: Yard rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows
- Notes: One yard of mulch will be placed near the steps of the boiler room.
- Reserve mulch for the Memorial Garden, at least 4-5 wheelbarrows
- Tools needed: Wheelbarrows
- Notes: The Property Team will finish mulching this area after the underground irrigation system is serviced on Tuesday.
Window Washing
- Wash the interior and exterior windows of the main door on the south side
- Tools needed: There are three sets of buckets and squeegees.
- Wash the exterior of the office, conference, and library windows
- Tools needed: Buckets and squeegees.
- Notes: Try to not leave soap stains on the brick by only using the minimum soap and rinse water.
- Time permitting, wash the inside of the library windows
- Tools needed: Buckets and squeegees.
Parking Lot & Grounds
- Rake and clean up the border of the south parking lot, stripping off the sod so the end of the parking lot shows
- Tools needed: Shovels, rakes, line trimmer
- Trim the sod off the east side parking lot and put the sod into the ruts on the north side
- Tools needed: Shovels, rakes, line trimmer
- Notes: We will use this to level out the area over time.
- Mow the north side newly seeded area next to the new doors and basement window entrance
- Tools needed: Mower
- As each job is finished blow the driveway clean
- Tools needed: Blowers
- Notes: The church has one good blower, please bring one if you have one.
Thank you for your willingness to serve and help our church community shine!