SAXON, Wis. -- Does community service that calls for college kids to dance to hip-hop hits sound too good to be true?

It is true -- courtesy of the U.S. government.

Four college students came home to Iron County for the summer and spent the last seven weeks as part-time AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers. VISTA programs are funded by the federal government, and are designed for volunteers to use and develop their professional skills through community service.

Iron County has two summer VISTA programs this year: 4-H TrailBlazers and 4-H LEAF. Every year the eight-week programs are youth-focused, and the volunteers' majors are education-related.

"There isn't a better way to give back to our community," said Caitlin Mackey, one of the volunteers. "We get to use what we've learned away at college back at home."

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