Well.

Most teenagers spend their summer at the pool, at camp or earning some extra cash.

But a couple hundred teenagers are spending summer break out in the heat working on home projects for those in need.

And did we mention they're sleeping on air mattresses and taking showers in a trailer?

Laura Rogers has more from Muhlenberg County.

Had never done something like this before.

I'm learning a lot of things.

17 year old Malia Allen is one of 200 volunteers in Muhlenberg County this week, working on home improvement projects.

I'm learning how to build things that I never knew how to build.

I've never done siding before.

I've never used a hammer before.

She's doing all of that for hours from her north eastern Kentucky home.

I miss my mom and dad and my dogs.

Allen lives in Russell, Kentucky.

She's here with her church youth group, volunteering with Kentucky Changers since 1994.

This is our 33rd summer of done this type of work all across the state of Kentucky.

The organization falls under the Kentucky Woman's Missionary Union.

It's mostly made up of volunteers and a few paid staffers, including 11 college students.

They do challenge a lot of the students who, you know, get out there, learn something you never you've never done is a power tool that you've never seen before.

And then coming on staff, you know, you have early mornings, long nights, setting everything up.

But to see it all come full circle for the homeowners and the students, it just outweighs everything.

Homeowners asking for help fill out an application.

There were 85 requests here in Muhlenberg County, whittled down to about 20 they could complete in a week's time, with local churches raising $30,000 to cover the cost.

We've got crews building porches and handicap ramps.

We got people putting siding on a house at the garage, burning all those vinyl siding melted.

We've got some paint projects.

We got a small roofing job.

It's hard, challenging work, but there is expertise on each crew to make sure the job's done right.

We're not just sending teenagers out and going, I do what you can.

We have an experienced person that recruited overseas, and they pay to come as well.

Yes.

Not only are they volunteering weeks out of their summer, they pay a couple hundred dollars to cover some expenses.

Everybody I've ever met is just super grateful because a lot of people are.

They have like disabilities.

Most of them are elderly or special needs handicap that needs a ramp or something to get in and out of their house.

But it's also a rewarding experience for those putting in the work.

It's really refreshing to see so many generations coming to one place, and we like, get to spend so much time together that even if we didn't know each other before spending all this time together, you're going to build relationships.

We're sleeping in the classrooms.

We got mattresses, cafeteria food.

The 15 year old Collin Murphy attends church in Russell, Kentucky.

He does have some construction experience.

The most challenging part would be probably getting the holes in place back there.

We've got for our deck about ten foot of elevation change.

That'd be probably the hardest part.

We've had to really dig a few holes.

Our goal is they come here and do this, and then they go and do the same thing in the communities where they came from.

That appears likely as students are already looking ahead to future projects.

I really love it.

I definitely wanna come back next year.

It was really.

Fun for Kentucky Edition.

I'm Laura Rogers.

The Kentucky Changers have also helped with tornado recovery in Mayfield.

They have plans for 60 to 80 projects this summer, and their next stop is in Owen County.

And then they'll move on to Barbourville.