In times like this, the little things stick in your mind. On my first trip to Chapman, I couldn't help but notice that when you looked at the damage in the District gym, you saw the destroyed wrestling practice room with the words : Dedication, Determination shining through the hole in the wall. It was kinda like a message to everyone.
The town is now working on removing the debris. Volunteers are still needed. What you need to do once you arrive in town is to go to the city park, by the tennis courts, and check in with the Red Cross Volunteer coordinators. Once there, they will tell you where you need to go and what they need you to do. Most people and organizations like the school and churches are done with the salvaging of items and removing the huge stuff to the curb. But, there still is a need for people to rake lawns to remove glass. The school district will also need a LOT of volunteers once the trailers get into Chapman. Everything that was moved to a storage center in Enterprise will have to be unpacked and moved back into the trailers. I know that at the high school alone, we had over 100 volunteers on Saturday assisting us with removing band instruments, desks and textbooks. Without their help, we would probably still be there working 24 hours a day trying to get everything removed. You never realize how much a 4A school building has until you have to remove and pack it all away.
