Keller Williams employees volunteer at McCook Lake
Property owners near the lake got some extra clean up help Thursday from volunteers with Keller Williams.
This is the ninth year the company has held 'RED (Renew, Energize, Donate) Day' where each location closes to help out in their local community.
Ashley Johnson, the agent services coordinator at Keller Williams Siouxland, told KCAU 9 exactly their team was doing to help.
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'We got some people out on the island picking up maybe some debris that's washed out there,' Johnson said. 'We got some working back at Izaak Walton, specifically helping get stuff ready for the season there, and then we're out here helping some the homeowners clean up the shorelines as well.'
Johnson added that with so much debris still buried under the sand and mud, she thinks it could could take years to get the lake back to where it once was.
The Izaak Walton League continues to assist in clear up at McCook Lake as well.
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