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Summer acts of service

More than 1,400 teens spent time painting, weeding, cleaning and building across Clark County

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Marissa Stevens of Washougal and Payden Thornton of Ridgefield put shingles on a play house at Second Step housing.

What do you do with 1,400 teens when school is out?

On Friday, June 29 this question was answered when youth from the greater Vancouver and Portland areas came to Clark County to participate in a mass service project that included parks, homes .

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