Please arrive by 12:30 p.m. on the last Sunday of our host week.

When locating empty boxes, unused equipment, etc.:

OUR STUFF is in the hall closet (between the offices and the bathroom), or in the bell tower (the door to the bell tower is in Melanie's office).

DAY CENTER STUFF is near the piano

STEP ONE:

Strip beds.  Put matching sheets in the same black trash (laundry) bag.  Mark the bag “IHN dirty laundry.”  Put in a “laundry instruction sheet.”  Put bag in the hallway.

Fold blankets and return them to the zippered blanket bags (located in the corner of the living room area), two blankets per bag.  Put them in the bell tower.

STEP TWO:

Take aerobeds out of tents, still inflated.  With cots still inflated, wipe them down (both sides) with Lysol wipes and towel-dry them, or stand them up against a wall to dry for 20 minutes.

Open the Quick Release Valve cover at the end of the mattress (opposite the pump end) to deflate.  Leave the valve open to facilitate folding.  Fold by “thirds” along long side, then roll it tightly from the pump end.  Bed should be stored with valve in the closed and latched position.  Close it by using 2 thumbs to push cover and snap into valve.  Be careful to avoid pushing valve cover to the right or left as it snaps into place.  Then place the bed in the vinyl duffel bag provided, and put it into Rotation.

STEP THREE:

Take down tents:

1. Remove lanterns – put them in the plastic box in the hall closet (be sure each one has a recharger stored in the base).  Rechargers are usually kept on the kitchen counters.
2. Remove tent sides in one piece (don’t zip them apart).  Fold them and put them in OUR box and put in hall closet.
3. Lower the tents:  find the silver ball/button at the top of each corner – push it and slide the legs up (watch for pinched fingers!).
4. Remove smoke detectors – put OURS in the plastic box in the hall closet, and the ones that belong to the day center in the box near the piano.
5. One person at each crossbar, hold where it says “Pull here” and walk the sides in, shaking them, ‘till the tent poles are compact.
6. Put tent poles in their black bags, and put them outside to be collected by the van driver.  Put the tent sides belonging to the Day Center outside for the van (you’ll find them in a big plastic box near the piano).

STEP FOUR:

Put toys, books, etc. back in their boxes.  Put them in the hall closet.

Put any remaining Transfiguration stuff in the bell tower or hall closet.

Put any remaining Day Center stuff outside for the van driver.

When the van arrives:

Review the inventory checklist with van driver before loading equipment. Check to be sure that ONLY Day Center items are loaded onto the van.  Help driver load the van.

STEP SIX:

Leave two long tables set up for coffee hour.

Spread chairs out, if necessary, to make room for people to sit down during coffee hour.

Throw out any perishable food that’s in the IHN refrigerator or on the counter.

Run vacuum cleaner over carpet.

Check kitchen for final clean-up.