Rent-a-rower
Just the other day we were sitting around the office and saying, "You know, if only we had some college athletes around here to help out with a few things..." And then, serendipitously, this comes floating by: the RPI crew team's "Rent-a-Rower" fundraiser. (Thanks, Jessica R!)
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This just made my day. Thus far, I've chosen to ignore the rainforest of weeds in my backyard. Now I can pay fundraising college athletes to weed and rake? Win.
... said meierrain on Sep 8, 2010 at 5:32 PM | link
It was really great working with them! I just told them how many people I needed, for how long, and what type of work would be done. I had 3 people show up, and this is what they did in less than 3 hours:
- Paint half a retaining wall
- Sand and paint an Adirondack chair
- Polyurethane the walking surface of a small deck
- Lay down plastic barrier over a small garden
- Trim 7 large hedges and remove all debris
It's $15 per person/per hour, and I threw them an extra $15, so it came to $150. Well worth it to have the help!
One of them said they are rasing money this year to buy a new 4-person boat.
... said Jessica R on Sep 9, 2010 at 2:51 PM | link