A day of
caring
Volunteers build, beautify in county
By GORDON WEEKS
gordon@madoncoun com
On Tuesday, members of the Shelton Kiwanis Club
cleaned and painted picnic tables at Loop Field in
downtown Shelton. Up the hill, members of the Krist-
mastown Kiwanis brightened the town's entryway at
Overlook Park by planting flowers at the log monument
sign.
Simultaneously, volunteers were cutting brush
at Sunset Bluff Park, pulling weeds at the Theler
Community Center, building a weather station
wall in the Pioneer School garden and organizing
supplies at the soon-to-be opened Mason County
Shelter.
In all, 23 projects were completed during United Way
of Mason County's sixth annual Day of Caring. Project
volunteers gathered for instructions at 8 a.m. Tuesday
at Kneeland Park, and then fanned out throughout the
county.
The volunteer efforts help beautify and maintain city
sites, including Loop Field, Shelton Creek and Overlook
Park, said Mark Ziegler, director of the city of Shelton
Parks and Recreation Department.
"It's an opportunity to knock out some of the things
we can't get to, and move us into summer," he said.
Planting flowers at Overlook Park is an annual gift
from the Kristmastown Kiwanis Club, which bought
the flowers from the Future Farmers of America stu-
dents at Shelton High School, Ziegler said.
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Duane Wilson of the Kristmastown Kiwanis Club
plants flowers at the Log Monument entrance
sign overlooking downtown Shelton on Monday.
The club buys the plants from Future Farmers of
America students at Shelton High School.
Journal photos by Gordon Weeks
Shelton resident Dawn Sanquist watches her son, K.C., 7, pull a license plate frame from Shelton
Creek on Tuesday as part of United Way of Mason County's sixth annual Day of Caring.
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Kristmas Town Kiwanis thanks the community and
local businesses for the tremendous support of the
Wood Duck Race and Bluegrass from the Forest.
All proceeds benefit local youth programs.
2014 Wood Duck Race Winner: JAMES MEDCALF
Thank You to the following community partners:
10 t" Annual Bluegrass from the Forest:
R.L Ray Violin Shop Manke Lumber Co. Green Diamond Resource Co.
Shelton-Mason County Journal KMAS Maple Glen Don Gardner, CPA
Pro-Build Heritage Bank Peninsula Community Credit Union Hood Canal
Communications Thomas Printing The Shopper's Weekly Anytime Fitness
Castle & Coleman Logging Shelton Lions Club Sundance RV & Auto Center
Sage Book Store Olympia Master Builders, Mason County Chapter Hiawatha
Alpine Way J.L BurgCo. Simpson Timber Co.
Belco Forest Products ROXY 94.5
19 th Annual Wood Duck Race:
Shelton Veterinary Hospital BCP Landscape Supply Alderbrook Golf Club
Arcadia Shellfish D&L Automotive BoWs Tavern Pine Tree Restaurant
Spike's Hydraulics Womer Trucking
Mountain View Shellfish Shelton Kiwanis Westside Lanes
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2015 Bluegrass from the Forest: May 15, 16 & 17
2015 Wood Duck Race: May 31
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