(LaPorte, IN) - There’s an effort in La Porte to get more people to give back.

The mayor’s wife, Jackie Dermody, is leading the charge.

She says it takes a community to produce the best results and she’s already reached out to the schools for student-athletes for help in doing things like sprucing up the city during their respective seasons.

Dermody says she especially wants children to know why it’s important to give back. On Friday, first-graders at Handley Elementary School made Valentine’s Day cards for some assisted living residents.