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Volunteers Painting Mount Greylock RedBy Angela Bunt - August 10, 2008
Special to iBerkshires
 | | Trenna Marcinczyk, left, Kira Perkel and John MacDonald paint away at Mount Greylock Regional High School.
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WILLIAMSTOWN — With a few cans of red paint, some rollers and a lot of elbow grease, mothers Shari Peltier and Bonnie Perkel are hoping to create a fresh environment for the incoming students at Mount Greylock Regional High School.
"The idea came to us in June, when we came for orientation with our incoming seventh-graders and noticed that it would be really nice to be able to spruce up the hallways a little so it felt more welcoming for the new kids coming in," Peltier said at a painting session at the school on Thursday.
Peltier's daughter Trenna Marcinczyk and Perkel's daughter Kira are attending Mount Greylock for the first time this fall.
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Peltier, of Lanesborough, got in touch with the Mount Greylock Parent-Teacher Organization and found the group had expressed similar thoughts at its last meeting. John MacDonald of Williamstown, the PTO's co-president, acted as liaison between Peltier and the PTO.
"John has been very helpful in coordinating volunteers and has a lot of resources in the community," said Peltier.
MacDonald said he sent out notices about the project through the school's mailing list. When it began, there were about 15 volunteers (adults and children) there for the cleanup. Perkel and Kira were among those present.
"I just heard great things about the school and we came to visit in June and my daughter loved it, but we thought the lockers looked pretty rusty and old and depressing," said Perkel, who recently moved to Williamstown. "I said 'the school is great but it really could use a coat of paint and some new seats in the auditorium.'"
A short time later, Peltier got in touch with her and recruited her and her daughter to help in the painting effort, which is changing the lockers from dingy gray to a Mounties bright red.
"Initially, we had to sand the lockers and wash them all down, which is what we did last week," said Peltier. "There are 1,300 lockers in this school. The ones that we chose to paint are the original lockers [from] when this school was built."
The regional high school, which houses Grades 7 through 12 for Williamstown and Lanesborough, was built in the early 1960s.
Peltier provided most of the materials; the school and PTO are chipping in to reimburse her for the paint she purchased.
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"This is our fourth day. We did a couple days last week, a couple days this week, and we'll probably do a couple days next week to finish it," said Peltier.
Trenna said she is excited to see the repainted lockers when she attends school in the fall.
"They're going to look a whole lot better," she said.
Peltier, who has owned a painting and wallpaper hanging business, said she enjoys doing painting projects as a hobby.
"I'm just a mom who loves my kid and I want her to be happy in her new school," said Peltier.
The group was hoping to finish up last week but there's still plenty painting left to do if anyone wants to pitch in. For more information or to volunteer, contact Peltier at speltier@bcn.net. |
| Beautifully written article! Nice pictures too. Whoever wrote this is very talented. | | from: Jessica | on: 08-11-2008 |
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