STUDENTS from eastern Lake Macquarie have reaped the rewards of a youth project.
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For the past month, year 8 and 9 Swansea High School students and year 7 and 8 Belmont High School students have participated in Eastlake Youth Centre's Walk on the Positive Side program.
The state government-funded program helps young people to build connections through youth-led projects that give back to the local community.
It teaches the students about community services and how to access them.
The program also helps students develop skills and partnerships that provide educational and employment opportunities.
The Swansea group has worked with Galgabba Landcare to build wooden signs to identify trees on the site.
They used stencils to etch words into treated pine sleepers to place next to the trees.
In Belmont, students have created four artworks for Belmont Neighbourhood Centre's community garden.
They include a scarecrow, colourful yarn bombing on poles, a mural on the garden's water tank and signposts for trees.
Both groups will celebrate their contribution to the community projects next month with a presentation to their family, friends, school teachers and mentors.
Swansea High's presentation will be held on Wednesday, December 10, from 12.30pm to 1.30pm at the Galgabba Landcare site on the Old Pacific Highway, Swansea.
On Friday, December 12, from 11am to 12 noon, Belmont High students will host their presentation at Belmont Neighbourhood Centre.
The public is welcome to attend both events.