An initiative that began around 13 years ago with one church taking to the streets and ditches around Winkler to clean-up, has evolved into an annual cleanathon involving youth from The Bunker and multiple churches.

The event acts as a community service, but also as a fundraiser for the Bunker's upcoming mission trip to Puerto Rico.

Clean-up along Pembina Avenue

The Bunker's Harold Espinosa, who was instrumental in starting the annual cleanathon over a decade ago, says the event brings a lot of unity and "shows how much we love Winkler."

Madison Hildebrand participated in the clean-up. "I really like that I have a way to give back because sometimes it's kind of hard for younger people to give to their community, so by doing this, I feel like I'm kind of making my contribution."

During Saturday's clean-up, the youth filled a total of 3 and a half large bins with garbage.

Youth will be out again this coming Saturday as well as Saturday, May 5th.

More than 3 bins of garbage were filled during Saturday's efforts