THANK YOU TO ALL VOLUNTEERS! View the Day 1 slideshow here! View the Day 2 slideshow here! View the Day 3 slideshow here! View the Day 4 slideshow here! View the Day 5 slideshow here! View the Day 6 and 7 slideshow here! View the Final slideshow here! We are proud to announce our latest project of providing volunteer labor for the renovation to the Crouse Park pavilion. The Jaycees stepped up and offer their services after the borough was unable to secure funding to replace the roof of the pavilion itself. The borough will provide all necessary materials and in turn, the Littlestown Jaycees will provide volunteer labor both through its membership and getting support from the entire Littlestown community. The borough will be purchasing 50-year asphalt shingles to be installed on the roof. Repairs will also be made to the soffit, and painting will also need to be completed. The Littlestown Jaycees hope this will be a community-wide effort with support from other organizations in the area. The Jaycees also plan to involve local businesses by seeking donations for food to feed the hungry volunteers. Tentative plans call for work to begin in mid-April, lasting two full weekends. We hope this project will not only help out the borough, but will help bring the Littlestown community together again, as it was the community who originally brought forth the idea of Crouse Park and ultimately built the pavilion and implemented landscaping. Borough Manager, Linda Hess, was quoted in the The Evening Sun as saying, “This is a wonderful organization that gives freely of their time and labor and always has. This is a fitting project for them, and it's wonderful that it's all come together like it has.” Borough Council President – and Former Jaycees President – Rick Adams reminded the council and public on Feb. 23 that it was the Littlestown Jaycees who constructed a pavilion near the pool at the Littlestown Community Park some 40 years ago. The Jaycees are excited about this project and count on your support. Spread the word, as we anticipate a great community effort with this exciting project. More details will be forthcoming in the following weeks. For more information, view our Frequently Asked Questions page or contact Project Chair Brian Byers at bbyers@littlestownjaycees.com		A Little History of Crouse Park The first step toward increasing the scenic beauty and value of the ‘old town’ was the addition known as Crouse Park. This was laid out and certain improvements made in 1913 by I. H . Crouse, who then made a gift of it to the Borough. His daughters, Marie, and Esther (Mackley) planted the first tree there. The central pavilion was built by an interested group of citizens, lead by Ephriam Stravely, I. H. Crouse and W. R. Jones. Summer festivals were held to raise money to help pay for the pavilion and other improvements brought about by this group. Open air services were held on Sunday evenings during the summer months. For many years the grass was mowed, the flower beds planted and weeded, and upkeep in general was done by the citizens whose property adjoined the Park., without pay, because they took pride in its appearance. Every day, one of the residences of Crouse Park raises a flag (when the weather permits) to show their public-spirited loyalty. The Claude Wintrode’s have taken care of this for many years. In the early 1940's the Borough Fathers accepted responsibility of paying off the remaining dept of $1,289.61 and for the general maintenance of Crouse Park. Historical information provided by the Littlestown Historical Society