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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nThe morning session was made up of Tigers Andy Dry, Erica Barwick, Jacob Besser, Hope Schuman, Caitlin Tinkham, and Hannah Wiebe. While the afternoon crew consisted of Erica Barwick, Jacob Besser, Ali Colwell, Micah Kasson, Mikayla Resley, and community member Robin Wilson.
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Though these two factors changed the way the Paint-a-Thon looked, they did not impact the community work that the Tigers provided.
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Throughout the day, Tigers In Service extended their helping paws at a total of five houses. The community members highly appreciated this work that was being done. Betty Macdonald is a resident of the last house TIS worked at. Macdonald was very gracious for the work TIS did for her and her home.
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\u201cAs senior citizens, we\u2019re not able to go and do these things [weed-eat, clean out the gutters] anymore so it is very important. I like to see the young people volunteering just like we did years ago,\u201d Macdonald said. \u201cIt\u2019s important for them to do that. It\u2019s been great seeing the youth take their own personal time to help out our community.\u201d
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The community members were not the only ones enjoying themselves on Saturday.
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\u201cI like helping others and I feel like when you do community service it just makes people\u2019s day,\u201d said FHSU senior, Ali Colwell.
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FHSU junior, Mikayla Resley also enjoyed being able to help out the community saying that community service makes her feel good.
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Though the Tigers In Service got everything they wanted accomplished and more at this year\u2019s Paint-a-Thon, Barwick hopes for a bigger turnout and a more normal event next year.
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\u201cI want more students to get involved. With what\u2019s going on in the world, we got woken up as a young group,\u201d Barwick said. \u201cI hope that next year we get a group of students that realize that they need to get more involved and how important it is to give back to the community\u201d.
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