The public is invited to an outdoor community service day at the school building in Guthrie Center this weekend.

Elementary Teacher Brooke Boals says they will be working to help up the outdoor classroom by the school building.  She encourages participants to wear gloves with helping to clear brush, maintaining the trails and work on the rain garden.  Due to safety reasons, each student must be accompanied by an adult.

The outdoor classroom started in 1984 when two teachers, Belva Peterson and Audrey Charter first turned it into a classroom from an abandoned apple orchard.  It was designed for students to get “hands on” experience with environmental practices.  It won the President’s Environmental Award by then President Ronald Reagan along with several other recognitions.

When the founding members retired, the classroom went into disrepair but three years ago, Boals decided to clean it up and make it a functional classroom again.

The event is free and open to the public starting at 8am on Saturday, September 20th.