Young volunteers turn leadership into community service
Four Anza youth took community service into their own hands Saturday, Oct. 24, volunteering their time to clean up Minor Park and help keep the community gathering place looking its best.Katie Oudinarath, Abril Cervantes Valencia, Laura Palma Vega and Aurelia Reynolds equipped themselves with trash pickers and contractor bags and trekked across the park, covering the grounds and collecting litter along the way.Katie Oudinarath, along with Laura Palma Vega, were winners of the Anza Electric Cooperative Washington Tour 2026 and are focused on community service. Oudinarath said the cleanup was part of her commitment as a youth leadership representative.“I did this service project because I was selected as California’s Youth Leadership Council representative during the Washingt














