15 area youth are serving up to 100 hours each this summer as part of the Youth Volunteer Corps "Summer of Service" program.

Ten middle-school age youth will have the opportunity to earn a $500 education award to be used for post-secondary education. Older members of the Youth Volunteer Corps are serving as mentors and group leaders. Projects are all over Douglas County and are all enviornmentally focused. They include: Adopt a Park through the City of Lawrence (at 3 parks), work on the trails at Clinton Lake and Hidden Valley, servicing can houses for Cans for the Community, work at the Baker Wetlands, and lots of gardening. Below a group of youth worked with some wonderful adult volunteers to construct and paint a fence at the Community Garden at 9th and Mississippi.

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