LIVONIA (WWJ) - Some Livonia high school students spent their snow day giving back to their community by joining forces to dig out hundreds of local homeowners after a winter storm dropped the largest amount of snowfall seen in Metro Detroit this year.
Coaches for the Franklin High School football team and baseball team were shoveling out their own homes late Wednesday when the idea came to help out neighbors who might be in need.
The student athletes met -- armed with shovels, gloves and hats -- in local neighborhoods after Livonia Schools announced they were closed on Thursday.
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"It's a good thing for the kids to get out here and learn how to give back to their community and just be apart of the community," Franklin High Fooball Coach Chris Kelbert said to WWJ's Ryan Marshall.
"To just get out here and help people shovel snow. It's not an easy deal and some people can't do it -- hopefully we help some of those people that wouldn't have been able to get out and shovel their own driveway."
The two teams worked together for hours to dig out streets, sidewalks and driveways covered in snow after Winter Storm Landon (as named by the National Weather Service) swept through the area on Wednesday.
The students were more than happy to help, hitting over 500 homes as snow and windy conditions continued on the second day of the storm.
Students told WWJ's Ryan Marshall that it felt amazing to be out helping neighbors -- one athlete even said it was his birthday.
"It feels very good to be helping others on my day," Gavin Petrovich said.
Franklin Baseball Head Coach, Matt Fournier, praised both his players and the football team for coming together and giving back to the people who have showed support for them.
"We are a pretty tight-knit community -- they're always there for us for all the things that we do," Fournier said.
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