Youth outreach workers invited ten young men from Kuss Middle School to join them on May 31, 2008, to clean up Griffin Park in the Corky Row section of the City. Conceived of as a way of young people taking ownership of their neighborhood, the project began during a discussion at the recent Youth Summit. "This is a way for these young men to begin to see what they can do to improve their own neighborhood," commented Youth Outreach Worker Dan Fitzgerald who helped to organize the event. "These young men enthusiastically pitched in to clear the park of debris in very short order on a rainy Saturday morning when they could have stayed home," he added. The project is one of a number of activities organized by the Youth Outreach program under the City's Shannon Grant and funded by the Weed and Seed grant. For more information about the project, contact Youth Services Director Christian McCloskey at 508-324-2419.