Cadence Peters, 16, helps rake leaves Tuesday at Hodge Cemetery in Minot. Peters and her junior classmates from Poland Regional High School cleared the cemetery and the recreational trails behind the Minot Town Office for the school’s Community Service Day. Over 100 members of the PRHS Class of 2024 spread out across Minot, Mechanic Falls, Poland, Norway, Auburn and Lewiston to help community organizations. Math teacher Michael Hayashida said that this was the first Community Service Day since the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the event in 2020 and 2021. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Daesha Roberts, 16, and math teacher Michael Hayashida help rake leaves Tuesday at Hodge Cemetery in Minot. Roberts and her junior classmates from Poland Regional High School cleared the cemetery and the recreational trails behind the Minot Town Office for the school’s Community Service Day. Over 100 members of the PRHS Class of 2024 spread out across Minot, Mechanic Falls, Poland, Norway, Auburn and Lewiston to help community organizations. Hayashida said that this was the first Community Service Day since the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the event in 2020 and 2021. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Dominik Frechette, 16, helps rake leaves Tuesday at Hodge Cemetery in Minot. Frechette and his junior classmates from Poland Regional High School cleared the cemetery and the recreational trails behind the Minot Town Office for the school’s Community Service Day. Over 100 members of the PRHS Class of 2024 spread out across Minot, Mechanic Falls, Poland, Norway, Auburn and Lewiston to help community organizations. Math teacher Michael Hayashida said that this was the first Community Service Day since the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the event in 2020 and 2021. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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