What do you get with 187 volunteers and 125 homes in need of raking? A lot of clean lawns.
Raking your yard is generally considered a routine and dreaded fall task. But this year the dread and routine was replaced with community and service.
Community members, students, both young and old, came together to help each other with what is normally a routine fall task of leaf raking. However, there was nothing routine about this years fall cleanup.
On Saturday, November 16, almost 200 volunteers came out in the rain to rake and clean the yards of 125 homes in the Oak Lawn and Hometown communities.
Even though the weather did not coöperate, that did not deter the students and their families from spreading good-will and giving a hand to those in need. In fact, a small group will be heading out this weekend again to finish up any remaining or additional homes that need raking.
One homeowner was so thankful that she broke into tears, as did the group of rakers. Events like this create the opportunity for students to give back to their community and think about the bigger picture. It also strengthens those relationships with community members that may feel they have been forgotten.
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