The Enhance Community Project is an annual community service event which focuses on enriching the Wichita area while providing YPW members the opportunity to give back to the community. This project is a one-day event focusing on enhancing a specified area of the Wichita community through property improvements. On the same day, we coordinate a community celebration with family-friendly activities, lunch, and more.

In 2013, 142 volunteers made improvements to 13 different properties in the Fairmount Neighborhood near Wichita State University. For 2014, our goal is to work with 200 volunteers! While we are still in the planning stages of the sixth annual Enhance Community Project, the date is set for Saturday, June 14 and we will be in the Delano Neighborhood near Seneca Park.

The Enhance Community Project will focus on providing property improvements to owner-occupied residences, publicly owned property, or nonprofit centers. The project tasks may include:

• Improving landscaping throughout the designated area
• Exterior facade improvements on homes
• General cleaning up of the area including disposal of debris
• Creation or improvement of a community space

Accompanying the neighborhood enhancement project will be a community interaction event to include activities such as:

• Family and kid friendly activities (entertainment, games, etc.)
• Neighborhood lunch
• Interaction between members of the neighborhood and YPs