Originally Posted by Lucille

I think there are a lot of people who would show up to help if you needed it. I do a good job with interior painting, (and cooking large lasagnas for helpers) and I'm sure among the thousands of members here there are those with carpentry skills and so on that would be proud to donate time and materials to help fix what they could. A little help from each person could translate into a real old fashioned 'barn raising'.