Our day began at the ice rink at Bates College (http://www.bates.edu/) as we surveyed the items which had begun to be collected for the bates Clean Sweep 2007. With the school year coming to an end, many students leave behind many many many items. All the items in good shape are collected from drop sites as well as the dorm rooms. It is amazing the amount of items which are collected...lamps, rugs, refrigerators, bikes, desk, chairs, etc. Evelyn, Eleanor, Susan and Barbara clocked in 3 hours apiece pricing, moving, sorting, and cleaning items for the sale. All the hours which our ladies clock in are credited New Haven Homeless Shelter. All the proceeds from the clean sweep are donated to local charities. The amount of money that the charity receives is based on the number of volunteer hours logged in. Tomorrow the ladies have been asked to put in a full day of work due to the overwhelming amount of items received.
While the ladies were working at Bates College, Jim, Ed, Michelle, and Bland scoped out two different construction projects. The first was at the home of Father Tony, a retired Catholic priest. It was determined that we would be replacing steps and railing to Tony's backdoor and to sure up his front porch. After lunch the rest of the group joined us at Tony's do trim back a rose bush and clean up a flower bed.
Then...woo hoo...we got to play a little. We headed off to Freeport, Maine. As you may be aware (if not you will be by the end of this sentence) Freeport is the home of L.L. Bean. We were able to enjoy this quaint little shopping town which included the L.L. Bean Retail Store which is built on the location of the original location. However, the new store is much larger. Next we hopped, skipped, and jumped to Portland to enjoy the Portland Lighthouse. A rain shower based over as we sat in the van at the lighthouse. After it was over a beautiful rainbow filled the sky over the Atlantic Ocean. It was a beautiful site. We ended our night by enjoying a seafood feast at the Weathervane Seafood Restaurant in Portland, ME. (http://weathervaneseafoods.com/) The highlight of the evening was the waitress referring to Jim as "the shrimp". Needless to say Jim is now and forever stuck with the name "the shrimp". HAHAHAHA
Oh, yeah...we saw "scary Jesus". Better watch out because Jesus is going to get you.
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