Welcome to make a Difference Day

The First Annual "Make a Difference Day" was great. Over 350 scholars attended with their parents and siblings. Added to the Lochburn staff, Junior ROTC from CloverPark High School, Volunteers from the Army Guard and many others we had over 500 participants.

The morning started out with an assembly for all those participating. Speeches where given by the mayor of Lakewood (Bill Harrison), our Principal and Vice- Principal (Mr. Cameron & Mr. Purvis), Tony Ventrella from KIRO, Keith Eldridge from KOMO and last but not least sheriffs deputy Lloyd Bird and his partner. We really appreciate them all coming to cheer our scholars on. After other scholar presentations some of us stayed for on campus projects, and the rest of us headed out to our various locations throughout the Lakewood community. Some of the Lakewood community projects consisted of cleaning up of the cemetery over by Lakes High School, Railroad clean up, help/clean up of senior residences in the community, clean up of local CloverPark school grounds, Front/Back gate clean up of McCord AFB, and various other projects in other nearby neighborhoods.

The speakers are in the background watching a presentation by scholars

A Lochburn Chorus Line

This area was excavated by Mr. Burton's crew, cedar bender board placed at the periphery and gravel used as fill to make a fine walkway

Lochburn is a beautiful campus. Oak trees, walkways, and lots of grass. The problem being areas are those which have become barren over the years. So one of the activities on campus that sunny October day was to reseed hundreds of square feet of ground and plant new shrubery. It was a great Fall day to be out doing yard work.

As of November 20th we have a fine cover of turf emerging from, whats now, wet ground. :-)

We might have bitten off a little more than we could chew and never got around to this area. The plan for this area was to reseed and Make Large Letters spelling "LMS" from daffodils, or iris. The Lochburn crew planted approximately 1000 bulbs on Saturday. We still have about 1000 to go.

We couldn't have done this without the following Sponsors and support by some very special people. The staff ,kids, parents,and community.... we thank them all.

Mrs. Swearingen for all long hours and work that made it all possible.
All the staff who supported these efforts
All the scholars and their parents who came shared there time and selves with us
The CloverPark High School Junior ROTC Cadets
The Army Guard unit under the command of Lt. Hinkle
Any One I Forgot??

A Special Thanks to the Following Business'

Knutson Farms of Sumner for the daffodil bulbs
Landscaping by Pat Boring for the topsoil
Emerald Turfgrass Farms of Sumner for the grass seed
The Lochburn PTA for the donuts, drinks, peat moss, bend board, rebar and much more
Lakewood Music for daffodil bulbs
Pierce Co. Dept. of Public Works for the garbage bags
American Medical Response of Lakewood for the gloves and first aid kits
Seattle Bagel Bakery of Lakewood for the bagels (they were really good!)
Eagle Hardware of Tacoma for the daffodil bulbs
MGM Financial Services for the donuts, roses, and daffodil bulbs
Fred Meyer of Lakewood for the gift certificate
Safeway of Lakewood for the Donuts
The Lakewood Fire Department for the disposable gloves
If I've forgotten anyone which isn't out of the realm of possibilities give me a call at 589-7662. Once again thank you. In a world of hussle and bussle it's heart warming to know you all cared