Members of Pi Chapter help the Magical Child Foundation with cleanup after an ice storm.

Members of Oklahoma State University (Pi Chapter) spent a day this winter helping the Magical Child Foundation clean up its training facility which was devastated due to an ice storm.

Carol Ann Washburn, spokesperson for the Magical Child Foundation, a non-profit Stillwater organization located at 6409 North Country Club Road, said the cost estimate for clean up of trees, limbs and other debris was $12,000.

Washburn said their organization didn’t have that funding in its budget and had been working to clean up the mess with the help of friends.

She said when they realized how overwhelming the task was they called the AGR philanthropy chairman to see if its members could help with the cleanup.
“This place was just covered in sticks,” Washburn said. “We have a pond here and a lot of big limbs were down in the pond. “We just couldn’t get them out and we knew we needed some muscle.”

On February 16, 25 brothers arrived to help with the cleanup.

“I just asked if a few guys could come over and they came rolling in on Saturday with all of their trucks and tools,” she said. “They worked for six hours and literally accomplished more than we had in 11 days of cleanup. They just hit it.”

She said the brothers showed natural team building abilities during their work day.

“It was great to see those young men model such outstanding teaming skills naturally,” It was a beautiful day and they could have been out doing a million things.”
 

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