Logan Paige, 14, of St. Helen’s Catholic Church. [Photo: Brenda Ahearn]

The recent Kiwanis Youth in Action Workday drew more than 100 teenaged volunteers who spread out throughout Indian River County to take part in numerous enhancement projects.

Kiwanis members and church leaders from St. Helen’s and Holy Cross Catholic churches and Community Church of Vero Beach worked alongside the teens, who had been sectioned into small pod groups to keep everyone safe.

At Shining Light Garden, volunteers helped with planting and gardening, and at the Environmental Learning Center they painted and did some landscape work. Others sprang into action at the Sebastian Inlet State Park and Marina, working on a variety of activities including beach cleanups, fence repair and painting, painting playground equipment and building picnic tables.

The Youth in Action program was initiated 25 years ago by Richard Schlitt and Al Sammartino, longtime members of the Kiwanis Club of Vero-Treasure Coast, to engage local teenagers in service to the community.

Photos by: Brenda Ahearn
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: Youth ministers Diane Jellie of Holy Cross Catholic Church, Joshua Longbottom of the Community Church of Vero Beach, and Kendel Jordan of St. Helen’s Catholic Church. Photo: Brenda Ahearn

: Joel Bray of Shining Light Garden and Robi Robinson of the Community Church of Vero Beach. Photo: Brenda Ahearn

: Logan Paige, 14, of St. Helen’s Catholic Church. Photo: Brenda Ahearn

: Diane Jellie of Holy Cross Catholic Church and Joshua Longbottom of the Community Church of Vero Beach supervise the Kiwanis Youth in Action Workday at the Shining Light Garden in Vero Beach. Photo: Brenda Ahearn