Sister-Corps Ramp Project – Raleigh, North Carolina
Goal: To learn how to design and construct an ADA-compliant ramp while helping meet the mobility limitations of ramp recipients and allow them to have safe ingress and egress to and from their homes. Of note, this is a pilot program for one year to determine if ramp building would be feasible across Sister-Corps. In addition, ramp locations are picked with a focus on being in communities where Sister-Corps volunteers live to allow for local investment by volunteers.
Volunteers: 10 Sister-Corps volunteers with baseline knowledge and skills using drills, impact drivers, compound miter saws, circular saws and nail guns. Power Tool Safety Verification will be required and offered on site for those needing verification.
Dates: May 7-10, 2026
Arrival and PTSV: May 7
Ramp Construction: May 8 and May 9
Departure: May 10
Accommodations: N.C. State Fairgrounds Campground, 801 Youth Center Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27607.
We are finalizing the site numbers so hold off and you will be contacted with additional information about booking your campsite.
Rate is $45/night for full hook-ups.
Cost: Campsite, personal food (we will likely have a potluck one night and go out to eat one night), and travel expenses to and from Raleigh. Volunteers will provide their own snacks and lunch and drinks at the job site each day.
Attire and tools: Volunteers are asked to wear appropriate PPE (hard hat, eye protection, ear protection, gloves, knee pads, work boots) and a Sister-Corps t-shirt. If a t-shirt is needed, one may be purchased from Sister-Corps. Volunteers are asked to each bring personal tools (measuring tape, carpenter’s pencil, hammer, speed square), and we will divide up other needed tools (i.e. extension cords, post hole digger, shovel, spud bar, broom, chalk line, string, framing square, pry bar) once the group has been formed.
Project Director: Beth Fry; 252-916-8487; sixfrys2go@icloud.com
Next Steps:
1. Click the “Respond” button on this page to begin registration.
2. Complete the required background check when email to do so is received.
3. Join the private Facebook group:
a. 2026.05 NC Ramp Project #1.
b. For registered volunteers, board members and S-C administration.
c. Of note, communication with group volunteers will also be by text message and email.
