Organizers of the local Camp Fire group have been intending to freshen up the building where they meet in Santa Maria’s Buena Vista Park, but a crime sped up their timetable.
“A recent tagging of the building has fast forwarded our plans to paint the historical cabin,” Ken Miles, executive director of Camp Fire Central Coast of California, said in a release to the media.
He explained that Home Depot offered to provide paint—and volunteers to get that paint onto the walls—for a graffiti-covering and overall-freshening-up project on Sept. 2 and 3. Other volunteers were welcomed to join the afternoon effort.
The cabin operates as the group’s Youth Development Center and also serves multiple other local organizations and nonprofits, such as the Good Samaritan Shelter. The structure itself, which began its life on the Santa Maria High School campus in 1935 and moved to the park in 1950, was designed by architect Louis Crawford and ultimately awarded a prestigious status by Santa Maria’s Landmark Committee. The cabin was named the city’s 17th “Object of Historical Merit” on May 14, 2011, for the building’s role in local history.
Camp Fire officials reported that the cabin has long been used for meetings of all kinds, including after-school events, summer day camps, and regular celebrations.
Camp Fire Central Coast of California started in San Luis Obispo in 1923 and currently includes about 100 volunteers serving more than 800 children in the area via after-school clubs, teen programs, and summer residential and day camps.
For more information, visit campfirecentralcoast.org or call 773-5126.
Executive Editor Ryan Miller compiled this week’s Community Corner. Send items for consideration to the Sun via fax, mail, or email.
This article appears in Sep 4-11, 2014.
