Wesley Hall Exterior Renovation and Stage Improvements
            **This project is under way and needs support right now!

Wesley Hall was constructed in the mid 1950’s and remains the center of camp life to this day. It has been the performance space for  Shelter Island Showkids, the world famous Shelter Island talent and  variety show, since the 1980’s and home to our day camp and groups on retreat.  The large stage allows everyone to participate in performances but  the time has come to show Wesley Hall the love it has shown us for the past 60 years.

• Exterior lower level window replacement with large opening windows - $8,000
  
• Exterior painting and repairs to the cedar siding - $4,000
  
• Door replacements on the exterior openings - $6,000
  
• Stage lighting, sound, and professional installation of both - $4,000 to $6,000
  
• Ventilation additions and improvements 
  
• Front flat roof replacement with hip pitched roof- $6,500
  

                                                                                                       Total Cost :  $30,000 

Road, Run-Off, and Storm Water Improvements:

A smooth road means so much more than just a gentle ride through camp.  Blacktop and road surfacing is key  in our run-off plan to catch all the storm water and get it back into the aquifer before it goes “overboard” back into the bay.  Beyond water catchment, a smooth road allows for those with mobility concerns to move freely on the property.    Perhaps they can’t go walking on the beach, but moving up and down a new road free of  sand and pot holes makes it safe and fun for everyone!

• Install dry-wells to direct water back to our shallow aquifer on Shelter Island
  
• Install and re-grade roads to funnel water to these dry-wells
  
• Blacktop to secure road surfacing and create an even surface for handicapped accessibility
  
• Project can be implemented in 5 - $25,000 segments throughout the property
  
•  Naming Rights to the unnamed Quinipet Road
  

                                                                                                     Total Cost :  $125,000  

Sailing Barn Reconstruction:

The condition of the sailing barn makes us all a bit sad.  It was built as part of the original estate more than 100 years ago.  It housed horses and all the basics to run the small Jennings farm.  But it is  beyond its useful life.  Sometime, perhaps 30 years ago, structural alternations were made to the frame, destroying the barns long-term integrity.  The locust posts on which it lies  have withstood the test of time, but even locust posts have a finite lifespan.  It seems that the best option now, as responsible stewards, is to start fresh.

• Critical and historic elements of the existing barn removed and saved
  
• Demolition of existing structure
  
• New foundation and construction of a barn to suit the current needs
  
• Ensure full code compliance with tools and flammables
  

                                                                                                       Total Cost :  $200,000