The grass is greener!

CLEARLAKE Students at Burns Valley Elementary School (BVES) received a surprise when they got to school on Wednesday morning.

Where students once played among dirt and star thistle, they found a field of green grass.

More than 700 Personal Success Institute (PSI) volunteers hailing from all parts of the world created a massive workforce Tuesday night that resulted in a new soccer field for the students of BVES.

"The area has been closed off for the past three weeks," Konocti Unified School District Community Coordinator Harriet Rogers said. "They have just been waiting and Wednesday when they come to school they'll see a new soccer field."

Brigade lines comprised of hundreds encompassed the prepped field creating an assembly line for laying sod. With music blaring, smiling volunteers committed to the betterment of humankind worked enthusiastically in what seemed more of a party than a labor.

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"What you have gathered here are people from all over the world. They come from Japan, Canada; they are doctors, lawyers, people from all walks of life from 18 to 86-years-old," Shirley Hunt, PSI president said. "We work with them on contributing to the family, the community, which ultimately ripples out to the nation."

PSI World is a 36-year-old non-profit organization based in High Valley, Clearlake Oaks.