A group of Wareham High School students braved the cold on Saturday morning to give back to their community and lend a helping hand at the Wareham Recycling Center.

Eight students from the newly formed Key Club and two students from the Global Education team were at the center helping sort out recyclables that people were dropping off on Saturday.

The recycling center, located on Maple Springs Road, is the only place like it in town and takes in 90 tons of materials annually, which includes paper, tin, plastics and glass among other items that would likely otherwise end up as litter.

"I didn't even know it was here," said Indigo Leighton, WHS junior and secretary of the Key Club. Leighton said the club president, Zariah Lima, contacted the center to see if they needed extra help.

The club, which was started just this year, provides students with community service opportunities.

Leighton said this is the first activity for the club, but last month they raised $186 from a change drive for Unicef. She said they are also planning to sell hot cocoa at the next football game to raise money for a new Wareham High School flag.

Sophomores Sara Tyma and Jordan Phillips of the Global Education team, encourage students to be more globally minded, said they collaborated with the Key Club to help out Saturday morning.

"We're trying to do more community service this year," Phillips said.

By 11 a.m. the center had seen 42 cars pull in.

Volunteer Earl Russell said the center routinely services 80 to 100 cars on Saturdays and slightly less on the weekdays. The Center is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesdays.

Russell said there is a small group of volunteers that show up every week but help from student or other organizations is few and far between.

"We take it when we can get it," he said.