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Stairs? Who Cares?

7/17/2018

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​Have you ever been in the basement at JUC?  If you can’t navigate stairs, probably not.  The basement holds the YRUU room (which isn’t big enough – a story for another day) and the Priestley Room, where meetings and rehearsals are often held.  The Priestley Room and the nearby hall also hold the majority of JUC’s music materials – file cabinets stuffed with sheet music, and the handbells and chimes used by the JUC Ringers.
Former Ringers director Bev Curtiss says the stairs were a real problem for her and a few others.  “It is a big hassle to schlep the bells and pads up and down the stairs when we play on Sunday mornings, and rehearse in the sanctuary the Wednesday before,” she laments.   “The bell cases are pretty heavy. And those of us who had to use the railing to go up and down, could not help schlep...”  Worse yet, she says, two members who couldn’t climb the stairs quit Ringers altogether.
 
What does this have to do with Making Room? Oh, how the Ringers yearn for the day that we’re in a new space where there’s enough storage room on the main floor to store the bells, and they don’t have to schlep them up and down the stairs any more. If and when we find a new and larger campus, this is a BIG thing for the checklist:  accessible storage – and more of it -- for JUC’s vibrant music program.
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Kathy Bassett
7/18/2018 03:50:35 pm

Stairs are a HUGE limiting factor for the elderly and for those members with mobility and handicapping conditions. As we try to become involved in, and contribute to church activities stairs seriously limit the activities we can choose and offer to be involved in.
A quick example: I am in the choir. Their are stairs and NO RAILINGS. As a tenor I was assigned to the third row from the bottom. I need the assistance of 2 or more people each time we rehearse or sing to get to my place.
There are other examples at the present facility, such as the stairs outside. I have been unable to participate in some outdoor activities because of the stairs outside.
I also personally observed some elderly and individuals with walkers unable to view the horses during a recent viewing. That is not accommodation of needs!!

Please! No stairs at the new facility!

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7/3/2022 10:05:34 am

This was great to read thank you

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    • LCN Property Q&A
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