Students at Gans High School participated this week in Extreme Paint-Over, Gans Edition, a local project organized along the lines of the popular TV show Extreme Makeover, Home Edition, Saturday and Tuesday, Debbie Sprouse, teacher, said, the students volunteered to paint two houses in Gans during spring break after a paint store in Tulsa donated over 800 gallons of paint to the Gans Senior Center.

Pat Cooke, helped organize the paint give-away.

About two pallets of the paint was given away free Saturday to residents to spruce up their homes, Sprouse, said.

Cooke explained a Tulsa store donated the paint which was rejected by builders or home or business owners who do not like the color or have changed their minds about the colors.

Members with Leading Individuals Further Everyday; the Youth Action Council for Service Learning; Future Career Community Leader of America; Future Farmers of America; and student council at Gans High School spent Saturday and Tuesday painting two houses in Gans.

The students began working on the home of an aide at the elementary school Saturday and finished up Tuesday.

"I wanted to give something back to the community. I am in a lot of programs at the school. I enjoy being a leader, and that means giving back," Renee Peters, a junior at Gans High School, said. "It is a positive way to have fun."