On March 22, 2008, a partnership with The Chrysalis Institute, Mariposa County Unified School District, Yosemite National Park, Cathys Valley Land and Legacy along with students and community citizens converged on the Mariposa High School Track field for a experimental project - a 130 ft x 3 1/2 ft triple-jump runway made out of papercrete - recycled paper, sand and portland cement. The mix was 50% paper, 30 % sand and 20% portland cement along with a box of Borax (to retard molding). The runway required 5 cubic yards of papercrete. Allen Smith of Motherload Building Material and Concrete agreed to mix the papercrete in his commercial concrete mixer and delivered the mix to the high school. Barbara Milazzo, MCUSD Service Learning Coordinator and Doug Johnson, Mariposa High School Track Coach proposed the idea of using papercrete to The Chrysalis Institute after learning of papercrete from The Chrysalis Institutes papercrete workshops. A coordinated effort was made between the two groups and engaged Yosemite National Park along with Cathys Valley Land and Legacy and Motherload Building Materials. History was made on this day.

Cathys Valley Land and Legacy member, Don Fox, Chrysalis associate, Julie Crossland and Chrysalis chairman Kevin Bowman coordinating the display table	Papercrete sample bricks and material	Yosemite National Park Volunteers Henk and Georgia Parson holding papercrete bricks	Mariposa Editor Dan Tucker and Chrysalis chairman Kevin Bowman discussing papercrete bricks and potential usage
Mariposa High School experimental track, prepped and ready for the papercrete	Motherload Building Materials with truck loaded with papercrete ready for the pour	Mariposa High School staff, Land and Legacy members, Chrysalis members, community volunteers and Motherload Lumber Allen Smith working the papercrete	MCUSD Service Learning Coordinator, Barbara Millazo, MHS Track Coach, Doug Johnson and Land and Legacy member, Don Fox spreading the mix
Mariposa High School students scretting (leveling off) the papercrete	Giana and friend surveying the progress	Floating and finishing the papercrete triple-jump runway	The Papercrete Team
Chrysalis board members, Charlotte Randolph and Trudy Williams preparing shredded paper for papercrete demonstration	Chrysalis members Charlotte Randolph, Trudy Williams, Kevin Bowman with Cathys Valley Land and Legacy member Bruce Finchem with a finished brick.