Students spanned out to complete 13 Habitat for Humanity projects in the neighborhood near GCU. They built a garden for Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy, completed landscaping and painting work at 10 homes and did alleyway cleanups. The event was part of the semiannual Lopes Go Local.
GCU student volunteers arrive at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.GCU student volunteers arrive at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Habitat for Humanity Volunteer House Leader David Elston explains the project that students will be working on at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event on Feb. 4, 2023.GCU student volunteers listen as Habitat for Humanity Volunteer House Leader David Elston explains the project they will be working on at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event on Feb. 4, 2023.GCU student volunteers at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers Parker Pastrell, left, and Ashlyn Janzen work at loosening the soil where a garden box will be installed at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers Madison Kidwell, left, and Jillian Ferreira build a compost box at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers carry lumber during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers Hannah Weeks, left, and Katelyn Mayne drill pilot holes in lumber for garden boxes at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.A student volunteer wheels hay past garden boxes being assembled at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteer Chloe Furnstahl fills wheelbarrows with hay for composting boxes at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers fill a compost box with hay at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers Luke Voss and Abigail Ryerson dig an area where a garden box will be installed at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteer Jillian Ferreira use a wheelbarrow to carry dirt to one of the garden boxes at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers work on the garden boxes at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.A student volunteer evens out the soil where a garden box will be installed at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers Ashlyn Janzen, left, and Sarah Christensen at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.GCU president Brian Mueller, right, talks with Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy Dean of Students Robert Mendez during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteer Brayden Belk carries a large bean-bag cushion as CityServe delivers items to the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers deliver items from CityServe to the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers Katelyn Mayne, left, and Hannah Weeks at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers carry a garden box at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers lower a garden box in place at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers fill a garden box with soil at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteer Sarah Christensen carries a bag of garden soil to a new garden box at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteer Caleb McFall empties a bag of garden soil in one of the new garden boxes at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Student volunteers Megan Campbell, left, and Emily Duncan even out the soil in one of the new garden boxes at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.GCU student volunteers at the Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.Great Hearts Maryvale Preparatory Academy administrators from left, Patty Slider, Rachel Mercado and Tom Barringer with GCU student volunteers after the completion of six garden boxes at the school during the Lopes Go Local event with Habitat for Humanity on Feb. 4, 2023.
