Make it Happen: PSOS

[iloveionia]

Saturday, July 21, 2012
8 a.m.
We have selected a recipient who will be notified this week! Once done, then we will share with everyone.
More details to follow soon.

(Revised to make the date in July on the 21st)

[Naples Chica]

Is this still happening I havent read anything??

[Gloria]

Meet Miss Mattie:



1800 block of Walnut Street (between 8th and 9th)

[Gloria]

She is an 80- years- young long time Springfield resident (30+ years!) who lives in a bungalow on Walnut Street. We will paint, landscape, and fix up the outside in order to help Ms. Mattie.

Ways You Can Help: WE NEED SUPPLIES, DONATIONS & VOLUNTEERS! We will post the supplies list here on the Facebook Event Page but we can always use donations- online donations can be made through the PSOS website. Volunteers- Come ready to get dirty! Lunch is provided! Stay as little or as long as you can!

For more information or to contact:
Preservation SOS: http://forum.preservationsos.org/
The Well at Springfield: www.thewellatspringfield.org
The event is also posted on www.myspringfield.org and www.metrojacksonville.com

Background: The Make It Happen event started in 2010 with Miss Maggie’s house on 2nd Street. Nicole Lopez and P.SOS decided to organize a day where the neighborhood would show up to fix, paint & landscape this beautiful & deserving woman’s house. The experience was amazing- just like transformations you see on HGTV! Since then there have been two other successful Make It Happen Events, all because of a nomination and participation of caring neighbors.

SEE YOU THERE!
*Please Share with your local FB Friends- Thanks!*

[Gloria]

The Well at Springfield
We are still creating a list of supplies needed to compete the work, but here is a preliminary list of things we know we need. If you can donate ANY of these supplies or funds to purchase them, please let us know ASAP. You can message us or post here. THANK YOU!!

20 1-gallon pots of the same vine (star jasmine is hearty) to trail on chainlink fence
5 gallons paint (siding) color TBD
2 gallons trim paint (TBD)
1 gallon foundation paint (TBD)
1 gallon wood sealer/stain (screens and shutters)
10 hex type stones for walking path
6 bales of pine straw needles
4 5-gallon cedar shrubs (to cover green fence of neighbor)
20 1-gallon (or quart) colorful, sun tolerant plants
Black paint for chain link fence
Bricks or broken hex stones for 2 walls (seems like 2 wheelbarrow fulls ought to do it)
Various paint supplies en masse (brushes, rollers, cups for paint, trays, buckets, scrapers, tarps, rags etc.)

[Gloria]

Make it Happen will occur this Saturday, July 21st. Starting at 8:00 am and ending when it has "happened".

The Well of Springfield, Susan Rogers and Monica McVay, have stepped up to help organize and plan this event as Preservation SOS is dealing with blessings dropping on us in the form of houses to be mothballed

The show must go on!

Tony and Brad are offering to feed us. Laura Byres is designing the yard and giving us direction as to what to put where (I think of the Caribbean Stone and how grateful to her I am every time I drive by and see Miss Marva's landscape).

EZ Foster is donating paint. Others have made financial contributions.

And there are still many items needed. (see above)

Miss Mattie is grateful for the love and the attention. Let's see if we can put a smile on her face on Saturday.

Make it Happen!

[fsu813]

I believe I can provide the brick.

Could you give me an approximate number of bricks needed?

[iloveionia]

if you could come up with 50 or so that would be great.

[Yardchick]

Gloria, Nicole asked me to do the plan for the landscaping. I did it yeaterday and have purchased the needed plants already.

[Gloria]

Gloria, Nicole asked me to do the plan for the landscaping. I did it yeaterday and have purchased the needed plants already.

I know. I'm so excited.

Miss Marva's still looks wonderful after all of this time.

Thank you for doing this!!