Work Week
Friends of Rowe
April 29-May 4 (Sunday-Friday)
September 30-Oct 4 (Sunday-Friday)
Wonderful food, real and important work, the intense beauty of spring,
evening entertainment, outstanding company, and a special kind of bonding
are what we offer in exchange for your labor. We respect hard work and
expect a lot from ourselves and those who come to join us for our productive
and delightful work party. Re-experience what your body can do; find the
relaxation intrinsic to meaningful physical work; bring more beauty to
this good earth. Come for all five days or as many days as you can spare.
Pay by the sweat of your brow. If you have friends with skills and open
hearts, invite them to join us. Please bring work gloves and tools you
know how to use. When you register, tell us what your skills are (e.g.,
carpentry, chain saw operation, electrical, furniture repair, painting,
sewing, gardening, lawn mowing, cleaning, or general physical labor) and
what days you'll be here, so we can plan our work projects for the week.
We look forward to seeing you and thank you in advance.
Marjorie, one of our beloved work week regulars, made a list of occupations
of some of the people who were here last spring: a ship's captain on shore
leave, an architect, a poet who teaches writing at MIT, a cosmic waitress,
a conservation and political activist, a parent of a Rowe Camper, a Montessori
teacher, a Peace Corps volunteer, a city planner, a rebuilder of houses,
a lawyer, a maker of machines that separate blood cells, a music teacher,
two civil engineers, a photographer, a fundraiser, an electrical engineer,
a typesetter, and many whose occupations could not be tracked down. Add
yourself to this illustrious list and you will join a most unpretentious,
harmonious, distinguished, and fun group of happy workers. We love the
people who come to work week, and you will, too.