Heart of Oregon Corps marks Global Youth Service Day with projects in Redmond’s Dry Canyon
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Friday was the 37th Global Youth Service Day, and when it comes to hard-working young people in Central Oregon, no one does it better than Heart of Oregon Corps.
The group met at the entrance of the Dry River Canyon Park in Redmond. After a greeting from Mayor Ed Fitch and some organizations, they got to work.
Their projects included more than picking up trash in the canyon. The HOC crew removed forts made of sticks and repainted the disc golf course, as well as pulling invasive weeds, removing dilapidated fencing material, wire and posts and performing fire fuels reduction work.
"It's just a great opportunity for you to be able to immediately impact a community," said Patrick Orr, Heart of Oregon Corps' conservation program director.
"Sometimes, the work that we do has long-term impact, but they don't see that right away," Orr said. "And so it will be really cool to finish up with some of these projects that we have and have that immediate gratification of a job well done."
Heart of Oregon Corps says it has a very good relationship with the city of Redmond. Workers often coordinate with the city to find projects they can use for their work skills programs.
