Clean-up crew celebrates Sisters

More than 100 local folks showed up at city hall with their work clothes on to pitch in and give their community a spring cleaning.

Crews were dispatched to Sisters Elementary School, where they cleaned up the landscaping and did some painting, and to Sisters High School and the SPRD headquarters, where they cleaned up the islands and bulb-outs in the parking lot. Meanwhile, Clay Warburton led a contingent of kids down Cascade Avenue, where they washed windows for businesses.

The event brought out all kinds of folks, including many kids. A contingent of Sisters Folk Festival volunteers took on much of the Sisters High School parking-lot work.

"I met a new resident to Sisters, moved here last year," said organizer Andrew Gorayeb. "Showed up just to do some good work... He painted even after others left to get lunch. That's what it's about - doing good, giving back, and making a difference."

The clean-up event, tagged "Celebrate Sisters," grew out of the Outlaws' lacrosse program's effort to "pay forward" the support it receives from Warrior Lacrosse, which has supported the team's equipment needs for years. The effort to give back to the community is part of the Warrior Lacrosse - and the Outlaws team's - ethic.

"All the people that showed up can reflect on their good work and feel positive about it," Gorayeb said. "That's the gift that volunteering to do good work gives you - the sense of pride, purpose and ownership. Nothing compares to that feeling."

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