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Here are some things you need to know about Paint-O-Rama:

1.  Paint-o-Rama begins Tuesday (May 27) at 8:30 am. We will meet in the Great Hall. Each day will begin at 8:30.

2.  We will come back to the building around noon for lunch. Lunch will be approximately 12:15
   until 12:45 each day.

3.  We will return to the building by 4:00. (We plan to have the same schedule for all three days. If we
   finish early, we will let everyone know via email, and we will have your son/daughter get in touch with you.)

4. If there is rain and we have schedule changes, we will send email updates to parents via email. 

5. Students are asked to not bring vehicles to the Paint-O-Rama work site.  If you need to drop them off or pick them up, that's fine. 

6. Students will need:
        - a water bottle 
        - sunscreen (or put it on before you come)
        - a large paintbrush and a small paintbrush* (labeled with your name)
         - a container to hold paint in**
        - a willingness to work
        - closed toed shoes, or "chaco" like sandals which hold the front and back of the foot

7. If you have a ladder that we can use - and thanks to everyone who said you have a ladder we can use - you can put it in the youth trailer on Tuesday morning.  If you need to bring it before then, let us know.  It's not a problem.  Please make sure your ladder is marked with your name.  (And if your family said "maybe" on the question about ladders, and if your "maybe" can become a "yes" that would be great.)  

8. It's going to be hot this week.  We will take breaks.  We will encourage students to drink lots of water.  We will encourage students to pay attention to how they are feeling. 

9. We could still use some parents to help us.  We do not have anyone yet for Tuesday or for Thursday.  We have two people for Wednesday.  And we could use some lunch help for Thursday.  If you're willing to sign-up for a day and help us, please follow this link to sign-up...and we know not everyone can take a day off of work or find time to help us - but this is a pretty easy one for those who can't go on retreats with us.  We want to be a youth ministry that has parents very involved.  Here's a great chance.  https://amchurch.ccbchurch.com/need_detail.php?need_id=920

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Thanks to everyone for signing up to join us at Paint-O-Rama. We have a great group of students and we are excited about the work we will be able to do to God's glory.  (a list of students can be found below to help you know who is signed up.)

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Get excited! It's going to be a great week!

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*The big paint brush can be a 3 or 4 inch brush.  The small one can be a 1 or 1.5 inch brush.  You can buy fancy brushes if you want, but you can save money by buying an economy brush.  You can even get one from the dollar store, if you can find one there. (they usually have them)   Oh, and write your name on your brush and keep up with it so you don't have to bring a new one every day. We'll give students plastic wrap to wrap their brush so they can take it home and wash it each night.  But if students lose their brushes during the day - because they don't keep up with them or don't take care of them and let them dry out - they're going to have to get new ones for the next day.  (Sorry, wish we could be the paintbrush supplier (or re-supplier, if that's a word) for all students who set their brushes down and let them dry out, but we can't. 

**Something like a coffee can, large butter container, large yogurt container, or plastic food storage container would work.  It will probably not be worth keeping at the end of the week, unless your student does a really good job taking care of their things.