North East students embrace community service during Giving Back Day
Students in the North East school district spent the day out of the classroom doing community service.
It was all part of their Giving Back Day.
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Students got their hands dirty, planting flowers on campus and painting murals in Herd and Gibson Parks.
They also raked and weeded out the memorial garden area at the Mellon Veteran Outreach Center.
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'Some of my family actually serves too. It means a lot that we're helping and taking time out of class time to really help with stuff like this,' said Latrel Centner, an 8th grader.
'I'd much rather help out the community clean up the community than just do paperwork,' said Joseph Long, an 8th grader.
The district superintendent said the experience exposes students to the impact of putting service above self.
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