BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV - A group of teenagers spent the day hard at work helping others.

Ten cadets from the Mountaineer Challenge Academy cleared brush and debris from the VFW Lodge in Berkeley Springs.

The lodge was recently damaged by high winds.

The academy is run by the National Guard.   It teaches at-risk youth in a military-style setting.

They chose Berkeley Springs because all of the cadets that helped Monday are from the local area.

"It means a lot to me. Since we've been here, we can say, 'Oh hey, yeah, we live down there.  We helped out,' just to be able to say you helped out the community where you are from," said cadet Levi Clark.

The cadets drove more than two hours to get there.  They live at the academy for 22 weeks.