AmeriCorps NCCC Team helps out in the Hollow
For three weeks a 10 member AmeriCorps NCCC teamperformed great work at Payne Hollow and Hollowpayno base camp where they stayed. Unfortunately due to the disaster of Hurricaine Helene they were called to service down in the Carolinas and cut their work stint here in half. We are hoping that they—or a different AmeriCorps NCCC team—returns next spring. While here, they transported all of the lumber for footbridge construction along the bell trail, brought to site all of the building materials for the studio foundation rebuild, collected river stones for the pathways, built some benches for the trails and started on creating camping platforms for basecamp shelters. Above all they made good friends with people involved with our mission and some local Trimble County and Madison folk. We miss them already. The materials they brought to the site will help us tremendously in restoring the historic site and we will count on fans of Payne Hollow to come and lend a hand to complete what they were not able to.
The AmeriCorps Team’s first day. L-R: J.P., Elyse, Sam, Jacob, Isaiah, Hailey, Logan, Mack, Lil’ Mack and team leader, Dylan.
Redoing the steps between the house and studio buildings.
Carrying a platform to one of the camping shelters.
Loading the pontoon boat with building materials at the Snellenberger’s boat ramp to float down to the Hollow.
Transporting off the boat one of four 20 foot long cedar beams for the footbridges
Carrying one of the 2 benches made before they had to depart down to the trails.
Sam playing guitar by the campfire on their last night at Hollowpayno.