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The Quakers and Mennonites distributed thousands of shovels , providing a gentler way to turn the earth , but people were still dying . The essential functions of this position is the ability to work long , active days , especially during summer camp and retreats ; able to do physical work around camp , such as cleaning , snow shoveling , hauling firewood , setting up facilities and meeting supplies for groups ; able to drive camp vehicles safely and assist guests in and out of vehicles . With help from a front-end loader and lots of pushing and shoveling , the convoy finally reached Hawkins , his wife , Donita , and their stranded menagerie : ducks , geese , pheasants , dogs , lost cows and a one-eyed collie named Lance . Shafts of sunlight filtered down from the rafters in the barn roof , and she momentarily looked around at the deadly instruments that could put an end to their plight : a pitchfork , sharp implements for gardening , a hoe , shovel , a sickle , a few knives they used for cutting garden vegetables . All additional gear - tent , sleeping bag , mat , cooking kit , rope , axe , shovel , grapnel hook , spare ski , spare clothes , repair kit , medical kit , camera , shotgun , lithium batteries , fluorescent marker poles , paddle - would total another 220lb ; too much for a single sledge travelling in Arctic rubble ice , so I had to use two sledges . Service and repair heavy mobile equipment such as cranes , diesel trucks , power shovels , scrapers , graders , powered conveyors , bulldozers , farm equipment , and transport trailers . And the laborer who for 12 hours long , weaves , spins , bores , turns , builds , shovels , breaks stone , carries hods , and so on - - is this 12 hours ' weaving , spinning , boring , turning , building , shovelling , stone-breaking , regarded by him as a manifestation of life , as life ? Yesterday morning , a small but mighty band of students from UMass Lowell , armed with rakes , shovels , buckets and brooms , paid visits to several sites in the city , such as the Alternative House on High Street , the House of Hope on Merrimack Street and the Lowell Transitional Center on Middlesex Street . List of tools / equipment : big and small picks , shovels , wheelbarrows , tamper , trowels , dustpans , string , line levels , brushes of various shape / size , plastic tarp , work table , graph notebooks , camera , transit and range pole ( optional ) . Even such winter staples as sledding , snow shoveling , and ice skating will help you to burn up some calories . I saw the church door open ; the sexton was replacing his pick , shovel , and spade , with which he had just been digging a grave in the churchyard , in their little repository under the stone stair of the tower . And what of the laborer , who for twelve hours weaves , spins , bores , turns , builds , shovels , breaks stones , carries loads , and so on ? During my time at Jugar del Valle I did a lot of farmwork , got to see how the farm works in everything from administration on down to manure shoveling , and participated in one of the seminars on organic agriculture . Conventional wisdom in ranch country , after all , said that announcing the presence of an endangered species on your land meant even more restrictions on what you could do with it - - so the best thing to do was to go by the dictum : " Shoot , shovel , and shut up . No clothing will be taken , but needed supplies include personal care items , cleaning supplies , vouchers and gift cards for meals , lodging and clothing , shelf staple food , work gloves , rakes , flat shovels , brooms , heavy-duty trash bags , safety glasses , dust masks , hard hats , flashlights and batteries , generators with oil and gas cans , and chainsaws with oil mix and gas cans . Because the stench is getting stronger as they work scooping out the earth with pickaxes and shovels , the men soon ask for some gasoline to pour on the grave in hopes of scaring away the vultures and insects . Be sure you have a flashlight , jumper cables , abrasive material ( such as sand , kitty litter and floor mats ) , shovel , a snow brush or ice scraper , warning devices ( such as flares ) and blankets . If you've been hunkered down , bemoaning the fate of shoveling , slipping and spinning of wheels , make the decision to do something about it . Half the inhabitants kept stores ; a few barrels of flour , a sack or two of yams , a keg of molasses , a barrel of salt pork , another of corned beef ( like redwood in texture ) some gulls ' eggs from the Farallones , a sack of onions , a few picks and shovels , and a barrel of whisky , served for a stock in trade , while a board laid across the head of a barrel answered for a counter . Many carried buckets , shovels , or jacks .