Post by Greg Stamper on May 10, 2013 23:43:55 GMT -5
Daniel Boone National Forest, KY — From May 6th-10th and May 13th-17th, HistoriCorps will be partnering with the Frenchburg Jobs Corps (FJC) to reroof the historic Gladie Cabin, located in Daniel Boone National Forest, with handmade white oak shakes.
The Gladie Cabin dates to the late 1800s, representative of the logging period of Kentucky's rich history. Today, the Gladie Historic Site shows what life would have been like for these early settlers. The cabin’s wood shake roof has spent its useful life. The roof shingles on both the main roof and the porches are curled, cracked, weathered, growing moss, and allowing water through. With help from the Frenchburg Jobs Corps, the nation's largest residential education and vocational training program for economically disadvantaged youth, the HistoriCorps team, led by renowned Kentucky restorationist, Patrick Kennedy, will re-roof the building so it can continue to be enjoyed by visitors to the Daniel Boone National Forest. The FJC and the HistoriCorps team will remove the old shakes, repair the wood decking where needed, and re-roof with white oak shakes hand split and shaped by volunteers in preparation for this phase of the project.
This historic landmark will provide Job Corps members with hands-on training, helping them develop confidence, teamwork, leadership and preservation trades skills. Experience has demonstrated that youth engaged in preservation work will often instill a lifelong commitment to stewarding our nation’s historic resources and public lands. The project is made possible and sponsored by the Daniel Boone National Forest.
HistoriCorps® is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that saves and sustains historic places through partnerships that foster public involvement, engage volunteers, and provide training and education. For more information on HistoriCorps®, call 303.893.4260 or visit www.historicorps.org
ABOUT HISTORICORPS
Founded in 2009, HistoriCorps is a national initiative that works through partnerships to mobilize volunteers to save and sustain our nation’s special places while providing educational and outdoor experiences. We are based in the Rocky Mountain region but coordinate and instruct projects throughout the United States. At the heart of the HistoriCorps program model is the engagement of a broad and diverse cadre of partners and volunteers. By working with constituents, partners and volunteers, HistoriCorps is implementing meaningful solutions that save special places for many generations to come. These critical partnerships will enable HistoriCorps to fundamentally change the way in which America saves and sustains its cultural and historic heritage.
As a cooperating partner, we assess, recommend treatments, provide cost analyses, and, if approved, negotiate the terms for an agreement to execute the work. We arrive with the vehicles, tools, equipment, professional expertise and supervision, and volunteer staff to undertake and complete the work. We feed and care for our volunteers, camp at or near the project site, and provide all the administration and oversight, including documentation and reporting, to complete our projects successfully and to our partners' expectations and satisfaction.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH
HistoriCorps projects are designed to provide youth groups, ages 16-25, with valuable educational and outdoor opportunities. We engage youth corps members through community service, equipping the next generation with valuable outdoor experiences, immersing them in healthy work environments. Our projects develop confidence, leadership and teamwork skills in young people, building a lifelong commitment to volunteerism and energizing a new generation of preservationists and outdoor stewards. Youth corps members will have the opportunity to learn valuable preservation skills in some of America's most spectacularly beautiful places, skills that they can apply to their personal and professional lives. Trades skills training includes wood roof repair and replacement, masonry repointing and repair, log restoration and reconstruction, door and window restoration and much more.
The Gladie Cabin dates to the late 1800s, representative of the logging period of Kentucky's rich history. Today, the Gladie Historic Site shows what life would have been like for these early settlers. The cabin’s wood shake roof has spent its useful life. The roof shingles on both the main roof and the porches are curled, cracked, weathered, growing moss, and allowing water through. With help from the Frenchburg Jobs Corps, the nation's largest residential education and vocational training program for economically disadvantaged youth, the HistoriCorps team, led by renowned Kentucky restorationist, Patrick Kennedy, will re-roof the building so it can continue to be enjoyed by visitors to the Daniel Boone National Forest. The FJC and the HistoriCorps team will remove the old shakes, repair the wood decking where needed, and re-roof with white oak shakes hand split and shaped by volunteers in preparation for this phase of the project.
This historic landmark will provide Job Corps members with hands-on training, helping them develop confidence, teamwork, leadership and preservation trades skills. Experience has demonstrated that youth engaged in preservation work will often instill a lifelong commitment to stewarding our nation’s historic resources and public lands. The project is made possible and sponsored by the Daniel Boone National Forest.
HistoriCorps® is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that saves and sustains historic places through partnerships that foster public involvement, engage volunteers, and provide training and education. For more information on HistoriCorps®, call 303.893.4260 or visit www.historicorps.org
ABOUT HISTORICORPS
Founded in 2009, HistoriCorps is a national initiative that works through partnerships to mobilize volunteers to save and sustain our nation’s special places while providing educational and outdoor experiences. We are based in the Rocky Mountain region but coordinate and instruct projects throughout the United States. At the heart of the HistoriCorps program model is the engagement of a broad and diverse cadre of partners and volunteers. By working with constituents, partners and volunteers, HistoriCorps is implementing meaningful solutions that save special places for many generations to come. These critical partnerships will enable HistoriCorps to fundamentally change the way in which America saves and sustains its cultural and historic heritage.
As a cooperating partner, we assess, recommend treatments, provide cost analyses, and, if approved, negotiate the terms for an agreement to execute the work. We arrive with the vehicles, tools, equipment, professional expertise and supervision, and volunteer staff to undertake and complete the work. We feed and care for our volunteers, camp at or near the project site, and provide all the administration and oversight, including documentation and reporting, to complete our projects successfully and to our partners' expectations and satisfaction.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH
HistoriCorps projects are designed to provide youth groups, ages 16-25, with valuable educational and outdoor opportunities. We engage youth corps members through community service, equipping the next generation with valuable outdoor experiences, immersing them in healthy work environments. Our projects develop confidence, leadership and teamwork skills in young people, building a lifelong commitment to volunteerism and energizing a new generation of preservationists and outdoor stewards. Youth corps members will have the opportunity to learn valuable preservation skills in some of America's most spectacularly beautiful places, skills that they can apply to their personal and professional lives. Trades skills training includes wood roof repair and replacement, masonry repointing and repair, log restoration and reconstruction, door and window restoration and much more.