Junior high and high school-age campers from...

Junior high and high school-age campers from the Soul Survivor

Ministries summer camp hit the Westside in force Wednesday for a

cleanup project.

About 1,500 students helped paint, clean, garden and do minor

repairs on Shalimar Drive, ministry director Paul Martin said. They

also set up bounce houses, face-painting booths and soccer games for

children in the area, and they helped at a block party on Wilson

Street.

The goal of the camp is to help others and to inspire students to

see the needs of their own neighborhoods, he said.

The weeklong camp at Newport Dunes, which ends today, drew

students from California, Arizona, Ohio and other states.