• Project Outline -

  Project Description:  I'm going to build Bluebird houses and provide informational pamphlets or electronic files so people can print off their own.  While I'm building it I'll probably put on a class and video tape myself while I'm doing it.  So that people can watch the tape and use it to build their own bird houses.  I need to find out how many houses I need, where they go, and why they need to go there.  I need to figure out who can help me in the making and who would want to watch me build them.  I need to find local businesses that would donate materials for me to build these houses.  I'm going to research the needs of the Happy Dancing Turtle's property in Pine River, MN.  Once I do that I'm going to provide plaques to put by the bluebird houses so that when people see the houses they know a little bit about what is there.

  What group will benefit from the project?

  • Happy Dancing Turtle - Pine River, MN

    • 2373 Dancing Wind Rd. SW
      Pine River, MN 56474
      Phone: (218) 587-2303

  My project will be a benefit to the group because:  it will benefit the bluebirds by giving them a place to stay.  It will also benefit the community by having videos that you can watch to learn how to build the houses.  Happy Dancing Turtle will have resources to teach kids and adults at the camps they hold.

  Project Details (prior to starting): The area is wooded with tall pines, some little  poplar trees, some under brush and deadwood.  The houses will be built with some type of hardwood. I will try to get donations of cedar wood and screws that I need for my birdhouses. The screws I am going to get will not rust so my birdhouses can withstand the weather for years. For help I will have my local troop and some people from my community help out. I will take 4 weeks for data and about 3 weeks to get donations. I will have a day to cut my boards into bird houses. I will make a video so I can let Happy Dancing Turtle use it to educate younger kids or people that are interested in bluebirds. I will take one weekend to put my birdhouses up. I will also make plaques for people to see what I did on my project. I am also going to make a website for people to look at for information on my project.

  Donations: I will go to local lumber yards and hardware stores for the materials and wood needed to build the houses.

  Safety Hazards: Make sure ladders are secure to the ground. If we use power tools I will instruct and have adults help me instruct people using them. I will try to use a table saw, hammers, nails, drills, and screws to help me build and put up birdhouses.

  I will try to put these up next spring.

  Carrying Out The Project:

  Date:	Time:	Service Hours:	People:	Work:
  		(# of people times
  		the time working there)
  9-Nov-08	1 hr	2	me,dad	preliminary plan
  20-Nov-08	1 hr	3	me,dad,nolita	revised plan, took pics
  30-Nov-08	5 hrs	10	me,dad	finalized plan
  4-Dec-08	30 min.	2	me,nolita,dad,britton	presented to director
  10-Dec-08	30min.	1	bishop,jared	approved by UCM and SM
  24-Dec-08	30 min.	1.5	me, dad, chuck	approved by CM
  18-Jan-09	1 1/2 hrs	3	me,josh	looked up data
  25-Jan-09	2 hrs	4	me,dad	figured out things
  23-Feb-09	2 hrs	4	me,dad	fundraising for project
  7-Mar-09	5 hrs	10	me,dad	cut boards for bird houses
  11-Mar-09	3 hrs	27	7 scouts, 2 leaders	built bird houses
  25-Apr-09	4 hrs	12	me,dad,dallin	filmed and put up bird houses
  30-May-09	3 1/2 hrs	10.5	me,dad,dallin	put poles in ground and put 4 more houses up
  3-Jun-09	6 hrs	12	me,dad	looking up software for video editing
  2-Jul-09	3 hrs	6	me,dad	web design
  7-Jul-09	8 hrs	16	me,dad	web design
  12-Jul-09	1 hrs	2	me,dad	web design
  25-Jul-09	2 hrs	4	me,dad	got more wood from Probuild
  30-Jul-09	2 hrs	4	me,dad	got router from NMD Homes, Inc./set up templates
  8-Aug-09	6 hrs	12	me,dad	Routing out plaques
  23-Aug-09	3 hrs	6	me,dad	Routing out plaques/cutting boards
  5-Sep-09	2 hrs	6	me,dad,dallin	Cleaned out houses, took pics and, videos
  11-Oct-09	1 hr	2	me,dad	Finished Web Page
  Total Service Hours:		160

  Materials Needed To Complete The Project: I needed a table saw, boards, poles, screws, glue, drill, and nails.

  Changes: Instead of making pamphlets I decided to do all that information on the plaques and the web page.

   

  Map of HDT Campus (just West of Pine River, MN on HWY 2):

  Happy Dancing Turtle is the Non-Profit part of Hunt Utilities Group.  They share the same campus.

  

  Map to Pine River, MN

   

Bluebird House Plans & Specifications provide by NABS (North American Bluebird Association)

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