LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Young people in Lexington are taking ownership of their neighborhoods through a new initiative called "I Got My Block," encouraging kids to pick up trash and help elders with yard work and odd jobs.

The Robertson boys, for example, could be anywhere else this week, but Tuesday morning, they were found at 4th and Ohio in Lexington, working to improve their community.

"Me? I'm going outside and being proactive and helping the community, picking up trash and things of that sort," Jer'Marion Robertson, a student at Frederick Douglass, said.

His younger brother, a student at Deep Springs Elementary, Jur'Zaylan Robertson, explained their mission.

"We've been cleaning up, helping people bring their trash to the front of the yard for trash day, and just helping the co

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