<I>Submitted</I><BR>From left, Enterprise sixth graders Dusty Royse, Marcus Lynn and Dustin Denton sweep a sidewalk as part of their work on the recent Serve-A-thon Day.

Enterprise sixth graders went out to help their neighbors on Serve-A-Thon Day, Oct. 5, backed by pledges for the time they spent on community service projects for senior citizens and for the city.

The students worked hard at weeding gardens, clearing out debris, cutting back flowers, raking leaves and doing general fall work. They gave a helping hand to community members who needed extra help, according to their teacher, Colby Knifong.

The sixth graders seemed to feel good about the work they did.

“I think we really made a difference. One lady wasn’t able to go outside and work. We were able to do that for her,” Duncan Christman said.

“Some people, you could tell, couldn’t have done what we did,” Audrey Arment contributed. “For people who can’t do things for themselves, we helped them do things they needed to do.” Kaitlyn Edison said.

In the afternoon all students hit the streets doing a city-wide, street cleanup.

Bags of trash were gathered, as well as leaves on the city streets. Students also swept the streets on Main and River streets.

The sixth grade students were amazed at all of the cigarette remains laying on the streets.

After just completing their outdoor school, many were worried about these remains going into our water systems. The class noted that once they started doing things, people noticed and some joined in to help.

“There were a lot of cigarette butts. I never knew how much litter we had in Enterprise,” Brooke Greenshields said.

“People were happy we were helping pick up the litter,” noticed Karlee Riggs.

“It makes a difference to pick things up. I think we care a bit more now about our environment,” Whitney Schaefer said.

“The students were very proud of their work and are excited for another opportunity to serve their community,” their teacher said.

Money raised through pledges will help the students finance their sixth grade field trip at the end of the school year.