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This year students at Gordon F. Kells have been taking part in "Day of Help." A day directed at giving back to the community, teacher, Angelica Wiebe brought the idea forward after she was encouraged by a past classmate who had started the initiative in Saskatoon.

Wiebe approached fellow teacher Carly Broberg about the program, who was happy to help.

"She really likes that kind of thing: volunteering and helping out," Wiebe explained. "So, I approached her and she thought it was a really good idea."

Essentially the Day of Help focuses on doing different activities to help those in the community. Usually seasonal, the youth have been working hard the last Thursday of each month. So far the group, which ranges in numbers each month, has picked garbage, raked leaves, and wrapped gifts at Christmas.

Planned for the month of January is either shoveling snow or visiting the senior's home.

Two youth involved with the initiative since its beginning, Payton Littlechief and Daysha Smith, are happy to partake each month.

"We're just a group of people who want to help and this lets us volunteer for it," Littlechief explained.

Both students enjoy the community directed initiative as they enjoy helping others.

"I just enjoy living in a small community and when we do help out people take notice," Smith said. "And it helps people. We picked up garbage making the community better and cleaner, and I enjoy helping the community out."

"It's also fun to do it with my friends; helping while having fun, it's not a hard choice."

Littlechief agrees with Smith explaining the Day of Help has become a way to give back to the community while having fun.

"I just enjoy helping out in the community and it's cool how they notice it," Littlechief explained. "It's cool hanging out with the group we have because they're really fun."

"It can make people's days. When we raked leaves we took stress off of them because some didn't have time or the ability to do it."

The two also explained that as they worked together in the group they plan on bringing their own ideas to the group. This includes possibly opening up the Day of Help to older elementary students interested in giving back to the community and helping spread the idea to other schools in the area.

If the community has any thoughts for the group to take part in within Carlyle and surrounding area they are interested in hearing from anyone with ideas.