About 250 Grand Canyon University students volunteered for the 17th semiannual Lopes Go Local. They completed painting and landscaping projects with community partner Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona at 11 homes and at Synergy Public School. Story
Lopes Go Local student volunteers arrive at Synergy Public School to meet up with Habitat for Humanity representatives on Feb. 3, 2024.
Sophomore women’s soccer player Hannah Smith grabs ladders from a utility truck as the soccer team took part in the Lopes Go Local-Habitat for Humanity event at a home on West Palo Verde Drive on Feb. 3, 2024.
Lopes Go Local student volunteers fill buckets with paint during the Habitat for Humanity-partnered event at Synergy Public School on Feb. 3, 2024.
Student body vice president Amaya De La Cruz (center) was one of about 35 Lopes Go Local student volunteers at Synergy Public School. They painted a block wall during the Habitat for Humanity-partnered event on Feb. 3, 2024.
About 35 Lopes Go Local student volunteers took part in the Habitat for Humanity-partnered event at Synergy Public School. It included painting and planting trees on Feb. 3, 2024.
Synergy Public School co-founder and executive director Lori Weiss looks on during the Lopes Go Local-Habitat for Humanity event at the school on Feb. 3, 2024.
Student body president Jagaar Halverson (right) and freshman Hannah Nather paint a block wall during the Habitat for Humanity-partnered event at Synergy Public School on Feb. 3, 2024.
The shadow of a Lopes Go Local student volunteer is cast on a freshly painted wall as he uses a pickaxe to dig a hole to plant a new tree during the Habitat for Humanity-partnered event at Synergy Public School on Feb. 3, 2024.
Lopes Go Local student volunteers dig holes to plant new trees along a block wall during the Habitat for Humanity-partnered event at Synergy Public School on Feb. 3, 2024.
Sophomore Lopes Go Local student volunteer Faith Ehmke finishes off the installation of a Desert Spoon plant during the Habitat for Humanity-partnered event at Synergy Public School on Feb. 3, 2024.
Sophomore Lopes Go Local student volunteers Monte Thompson and Hope Ingalls paint a block wall during the Habitat for Humanity-partnered event at Synergy Public School on Feb. 3, 2024.
Lopes Go Local student volunteers paint a block wall during the Habitat for Humanity-partnered event at Synergy Public School on Feb. 3, 2024.
Lopes Go Local student volunteers Maria Rodriguez (left) and Kaleigh Cruickshank fill buckets with dirt as they plant a tree during the Habitat for Humanity partnered event at Synergy Public School on Feb. 3, 2024.
A Lopes Go Local student volunteer paints over graffiti on a wall during the Habitat for Humanity-partnered event at Synergy Public School on Feb. 3, 2024.
Freshman beach volleyball player Becca Drake shovels landscape rock at a home on West Palo Verde Drive as the beach volleyball team took part in the Lopes Go Local-Habitat for Humanity event on Feb. 3, 2024.
Lopes Go Local student volunteers and Habitat for Humanity representatives following their beautification project at Synergy Public School on Feb. 3, 2024.