 While most of us do spring cleaning at our homes, places like Camp Confidence and Brainerd need some extra hands to help get the job done. Josh Peterson shows us how one community leadership organization is helping get the camp ready for summer. With the summer like weather that we had on Saturday, the sound of skidsters and buzz saws could be heard throughout Brainerd's Camp Confidence. With a large area to cover, nonprofits like Camp Confidence rely on the support of community organizations and volunteers to get the camp ready for its campers. As a nonprofit organization, we always rely on volunteerism and charitable support. The JC's have been long-standing partners and supporters of our programs because we serve a lot of people from various JC communities. JC chapters from all over Minnesota make an effort every spring to help get the camp up and running for the summer. It's a partnership that has a long history. This is one of our priority projects and we've kind of partnered with them to help because it's what we do. We help clean up and get things ready for our communities. The Minnesota JC's took on the responsibilities of putting in docks, prepping boats, trail brushing and wood chipping. But that's not all. Here at Camp Confidence, Minnesota JC's are doing all kinds of different tasks, everything from getting a new recreational field ready to building a human foosball court. One of the JC's having a priority project like Camp Cleanup helps energize and empower its local chapters. You know you go throughout the year, you run so many projects in your community that you need that strength from other chapters across the state to re-energize you and move forward and keep going. While projects like this require a lot of hard work, they feel it's an opportunity to give back and invite others to join their organization in giving back to not only their local communities but to the state as well. I feel people are passionate about helping other people and that's what really our organization is about, is being positive and impacting our community and showing the passion and commitment to other people in our communities. With a full weekend of work completed by the JC's, Camp Confidence invites other groups and individuals to volunteer, not only to continue prepping the camp but to volunteer throughout the year. In Brainerd, Josh Peterson, Lakeland News. If you're interested in helping out and volunteering at Camp Confidence, we posted a link on our website at lptv.org slash news. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.