TreeKeepers plant 600 trees on a cold spring day!

What fantastic volunteers we have! Twenty-five TreeKeepers volunteers showed up at Kiwanis Park this morning to plant 600 bare root trees. With the threat of rain and a spring snow shower, they still came out in the cool morning temperatures to help in the park. Fortunately, they completed their work by the time it began to rain at 10 a.m. In addition to the TreeKeepers volunteers, another 10 volunteers from other community organizations joined the effort, too. Thanks, volunteers! In the years to come, we'll all benefit from your work as the trees grow and mature.

TreeKeepers and others spruce up Stephens on March 14

More than 40 TreeKeepers, community volunteers, and young adults with the CJCLDS Church gathered at Stephens Lake Park last Saturday to do some "spring cleaning" including mulching and pruning trees and picking up trash. Volunteers help our community in hands-on ways every day! So, if you're in Stephens enjoying a beautiful spring day and see the freshly mulch trees and a litter-free park, thank a volunteer!

Downtown Optimist Club helps with Homes for Computers

Saturday was the sixth year for the Homes for Computers give away where old city computers are given away to low-income families who have children in school. The program has been a successful partnership between the city who provides the computers, Voluntary Action Center who identifies the families, and the Downtown Optimist Club that provides the labor to clean the computers, their facility for the give away and helps load them in the recipient's cars.

Many thanks to the Downtown Optimist Club for their help with this program. Under the leadership of Rick McKernan, their members have spend dozens of hours each spring to prepare the computers for their new homes. This year, Rick arranged for a presentation from the Boone Co. Sheriff's Department on internet safety, a great addition to help these families understand the risks of going online.

This is just one example of the many wonderful things the Downtown Optimists do for our communuty. Thanks for helping bring computers to 35 homes in our community!