From July 4 through July 10, 26 high school students from the Bethel Powerhouse Youth Group in Chicago, Illinois, teamed with Greater Pine Island Elks Lodge #2781 to assist with housing cleanup and repairs for seniors and veterans with low incomes on the island. The lodge used its $6,000 Elks National Foundation Impact Grant to provide the supplies and materials. Lodge members assisted and supervised as the team worked on five homes. They cleaned; removed mold from and painted three trailers; insulated; repaired and replaced siding; and did much-needed yard work, including mowing, weeding and trimming. They also helped paint the local VFW and the First Baptist Church. The pastor from the First Baptist Church of Pine Island has a cousin who is the youth pastor in Chicago. This is the second year that this group has come to the island and worked on seniors’ and veterans’ houses. The students pay their own way and are housed with families on the island.