Raise the Roof – Marshfield

Our Raise the Roof committee recently received good news in the form of a $25,000 grant to help in the addition of ADA walkways to the south Susick Stadium grandstands.  The walkway will stretch from the Waterfall Clinic to the upper stands.  

ADA accessibility is a necessary feature of our Raise the Roof project.  Those who use the walkway will have great views of football, track and filed and soccer events that occur on Kent Wigle Field and Prefontaine Track.

Thank You to the committee for acquiring this grant and moving this project along.  The new roof has been in place since early this year.  The viewing boxes are nearly complete.  We are on hold temporarily due to COVID-19 interruptions, but have a lot of work lined out for when we get the green light.

John Gunther of The World published an article on the Raise the Roof project on June 30th.  It’s very exciting.  For those of you who haven’t been able to see the project unfold over the past 3 and a half years, you would be impressed by the new roof and viewing rooms.  There’s more to come: internet and wifi for the announcers, restrooms and ADA accessibility.

Please read the article: A lot of alumni are mentioned for work in the last month including

• Bill McNutt ’75
• Steve McNutt ’65
• Boyd Bjorkquist ’73
• Bob Jenkins ’65
• Don Jenkins ’62
• Chal Holte ’69
• Keenan Holte ’67
• Jeremy Bourell ’99
• Casey Waterman ’96
• Julie Nix ’79

Thanks to those mentioned above and to the many cash donors and in-kind donors.  We couldn’t have come this far without you.  In-kind donors have provided the material and labor to get a lot of the job completed and the cash donors have helped pay for the portions that required cash help.

We’ll need more donations as we begin phase 3.  We need to polish off a few more items, including ADA accessibility from the upper parking lot on the south side.  If you can, please donate to our Raise the Roof project and join the list of donors.  If you have already donated, please consider another donation.

Thank You Pirates!!!!

Thanks to Jeremy Bourell Of Bourell Construction and his crew are doing the viewing box framing this week.

Construction has begun on the five viewing boxes.

Jeremy Bourell Of Bourell Construction and his crew are doing the viewing box framing.

Glass windows for the front of the viewing boxes have been donated by Julie Nix Vice President Of Medallion Industries in Portland Oregon.  Julie is a Marshfield High Graduate. 

Once the viewing boxes are framed, Casey Waterman  from Electrical Specialty will do the electrical rough in for us.  Casey is also a Marshfield High graduate.

Thank you, donors!!!

The new roof is almost complete and we’ll soon move on to Phase 3 of the project. Phase 3 includes adding wheelchair access to the new stands and wheelchair seating in some primo spots.

We’d like to update you with the current status of the Class Challenge for Pete’s classes.

No one has come close to the Class of 1965. They are the captains of this Pirate Fundraising Ship.

Two other classes have reached the Gold level – $5,000 or more. Four classes have reached the Purple level – $2,500 to $4,999.

The classes of ’53, ’73’ and ’66 are just a bit short of the Purple level. Help get them to the Purple or Gold level.

Donations of any amount are appreciated – no amount is too small. Recognition Plaque’s start at $100. Click Here for Details. You can donate now by clicking on the yellow Donate button on our website (scroll to the top and you’ll see the button on the right). The Donate button will take you to PayPal. You can pay via PayPal or a credit card and can sign in as a guest of PayPal without registering.

Here’s a list of Pirate’s who have stepped up to support the Raise the Roof project with cash donations. Raise the Roof Donors.

The MHS Boosters is a 501(c)(3) organization and you donations may be tax deductible. Consult your tax advisor to determine the deductibility of your donation.

Here’s a link to a great article in The World about the Raise the Roof project.  This phase, Phase 2, should be finished around Thanksgiving.  That’s something to be thankful about.

Our next phase of fundraising, as pointed out in the article, will complete the project -including ADA access and wheelchair seating areas.  Susick Stadium currently does not have wheelchair seating in the south stands.

Once again we give thanks to our donors, both large and small.  We could not have come so far without you.

There must be a hardy wind behind the sails of the crane crew and roof crew.  The roof seems to be taking new shape by the hour.

We continue to thank all of our supporters who have given money, time and material.  The installation of glulam beans is almost complete.  It could not have been done without you.

The next step will be the installation of the plywood sheets that will make up the roof.  The plywood was painted by volunteer Pirates – alums and current students.

Were you wondering what glulam beams are?  Well, here you go.  Three beams were set this Thursday.  Once all are in place, the plywood will be layered on top of the glulam beams.

This is a very exciting part of the Raise the Roof project.  Looks like the good weather will hold through next Friday, so there should be huge progress.

PS.  Our Pirates travel to #1 ranked Banks next Friday for a first round state playoff game.  Portland Alumni might want to sail on over to Banks.