Hands on Topeka 2012
Photos by Susan Cooper

A billboard advertises the annual Hands On Topeka community service event.

Youth volunteers pick up in Central Park.

Volunteers clean up Central Park.

Volunteers scoop dirt off the sidewalk in Central Park.

Volunteers work to spruce up the playground area in Central Park.

Volunteers bag leaves in Central Park.

Volunteers spread out over Central Park.

A volunteer weed eats in Central Park.

A volunteer rakes leaves in Central Park.

Bags of leaves and trash await city pick-up in Central Park.

Volunteers rake leaves from a fence in Gage Park.

Volunteers look for trash along a water feature in Gage Park.

Volunteers take a water break in Gage Park.

Volunteers clean up around the railroad track in Gage Park.

A volunteer rakes leaves along the iron fence in Gage Park.

A large mound of trash bags are piled by the dumpster in Hillcrest Park...

Volunteers work at the Caring Hands Humane Society in Topeka. The humane...

Volunteers work at the Caring Hands Humane Society in Topeka. The humane...

A volunteer picks up signs used to guide volunteers toward check-in sites...

At the end of the day, volunteers gathered at the Big Gage Shelter House...

At the end of the day, volunteers gathered at the Big Gage Shelter House...

Volunteers visit after a day of community service in Gage Park.

Volunteers visit after a day of community service in Gage Park.

Rev. Evelyn Fisher, Topeka District superintendent, thanks the volunteers...

Bishop Scott Jones, Kansas area, greets volunteers for Hands On Topeka.