The St. Gregory the Great Youth Ministry / “Project Appalachia” team worked at our own campus this year, since the pandemic prevented them from going down to Preston County, West Virginia as they have done for the past 24 years. Rich Pieslak once again did the organizing, material and food procurement and fundraising.

For the week of July 13 - 17,  24 teens and 15 adults participated, logging 500 man hours. The team also hosted two barbecues and prayer services. The projects completed were:

• Demolition of old dumpster enclosure/built a new one
• Power washed the lower academy front wall
• Scraped, power-washed, and painted 5 exterior doors in the church / chapel
• Power-washed the entire outside of the church
• Painted and repaired the 4 columns in front of the church
• Power-washed the deck in the priest residence
• Edged, weeded, pruned trees, and spread 10 yards of playground mulch in the preschool play area
• Assembled a new bed frame for a vegetable bed in the community garden
• Installed an aluminum screen around the lower fence in the community garden to keep out rabbits
• Assisted in the preparation of a new pollinator garden in front of the tunnel. This included cleaning the area, spreading 10 yrs of organic soil, and planting new plants.

Thank you to the volunteers!

Teen Volunteers: Mara Anderson, Brianne Wilbert, Jack Mills, Casara Sexauer, Lynell Sexauer, Brendan Appert, Brielle Blakely, Justin Parisi, George Mularadelis, Matt Barker, Anthony Ziliani, Katie Ziliani, Jason Galluci, Sorella Galucci, Brian Herbert, Tyler Provost, Bryce Goodwin, Mark Plaus, Nickolas Buckley, Matt Cooper, Samara Smith, Jake Vieira, Justin Cooper, Jack Barker.

Adult volunteers: Rich Pieslak, Michelle Anderson, Chet Siwczak, Jeanmarie Curran, Deborah Blakely, Tracey Mularadelis, Carolyn Herbert, Clare Goodwin, Nick Foley, Maureen Smitley, Steve Cooper, Denis Smith, Jane Luciano, Peggy Catalina, Susanne Catalina, Mark Ciccone, Dwight Torlay

View photo album to see all the amazing improvements the dedicated Youth Ministry Team made over the past week.