For the second time in as many years, the dam of Guskie Pond — just over the Newtown-Monroe border, very close to Sticks & Stones Farm — broke during a major rainstorm.

On July 21, the dam broke during a storm that dropped up to two inches of rain across the region in just a few hours. Sticks & Stones had just spent over a year cleaning the Huntingtown Road property and removing debris from the previous dam break. Last week a torrent of rushing water surged through the woods, flowing directly into the farm. No buildings were harmed, but the water damaged at least one trailer, metal chairs and tables, and left mud and damaged plants in its wake.

While it is private land and home to a long-standing moss and stone farm, multiple groups and the public have accessed Sticks & Stones Farm for years for special events and ongoing programming. Current nonprofit organizations based at the property include Real Food CT, Two Coyotes Wilderness School, and Love Has A Home Here.

Love Has A Home Here is organizing a clean-up effort this weekend.

“This is an opportunity to give back to this land that has given so much to the surrounding community,” Love Has A Home Here Founder Bill Donaldson wrote in an e-mail blast this week.

All are invited to help with restoration efforts on Saturday, August 1, between 9 am and 1 pm. Donaldson says volunteers are welcome during any of that time, even if they cannot be there the full four hours.

Metal rakes, shovels, loppers, wheelbarrows, and extra work gloves are suggested.

Registration is requested and available at sticksandstonesfarm.com. Additional information is available from Donaldson at 203-915-0718 or info@sticksandstonesfarm.com.