VOLUNTEER TO PRESERVE THE DUNBAR SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 10TH

Preservation Alliance of West Virginia (Preserve WV AmeriCorps) is organizing a historic preservation workday at the Dunbar School in Fairmont as a Civic Service Project on Monday, October 10, 2016, from 10am – 4pm.

Volunteer activities will include: scraping paint (no lead paint), minor plaster repairs to walls where needed, sanding plaster repairs, and possible priming/painting of the hallway walls (if the plaster repairs are dry), clean up of paint scrapings as well as in the gymnasium.

​The Dunbar School Foundation, the benefited organization, is working to preserve and repurpose the Dunbar School for a community and recreational facility.The school is the only nationally-recognized historic site in Marion County that considers the segregated African American educational experience.

Attire: Wear closed-toed shoes and work clothes
Supplies: Tools and paint will be provided.
Lunch: Lunch will be provided
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To sign up and for more information, please visit:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e45afad29a2fd0-historic1