photo by: Photo courtesy of Brilla Scott

Dave Ambler, Lawrence Rotary Club member, puts a plastic guard around a sapling on May 21. The protector is designed to keep deer and beaver from destroying the young tree.

Members from the three Lawrence Rotary clubs, guided by the Lawrence Parks and Recreation staff, volunteered two Saturday mornings, April 30 and May 21, at the Rotary Arboretum, 5100 West 27th St. Jayhawk Rotarians Sandra Wiechert and Nancy Vogel, front, spent the morning of May 21, planting flowers at the Rotary Arboretum.

photo by: Photo courtesy of Diane Karpowitz 

Kids First Preschool teachers, from left, Leslie Marsh, Kathy Stevens and Laura Bellinger, show one of the animals from the Lawrence Humane Society during an April 8 presentation at the First United Methodist Church from a recent service project.

photo by: Photo courtesy of Diane Karpowitz

Students from Kids First Preschool at First United Methodist Church display the donations collected during their recent spring community service project. The children were rewarded with a visit from some of the animals at the Lawrence Humane Society during the April 8 presentation.