LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Cajun Men's basketball continues to prepare for the start of the season under first-year head coach Quannas White.

On Monday, the guys came together at the future Lafayette Elementary and teamed up with other volunteers to prepare the school for students in the fall.

"Always so excited to have our athletes and students come and help participate in all of our serve days. And it's just so important for our teachers and our students to see these important community members coming out to show their support, show that they're here for them whenever they need," said Love Our Schools Executive Director Millicent Nugent.

Coach White said he and the team were eager to take part in the event.

"I want to do as much as I can to get our guys out in the community. I'm all about, you know, being a servant, you know, servant leadership, you know. So anything that we can do around the city of Lafayette, you know, no matter where it's at, you know, we want to get out in the public and, you know, be out there on the front lines and trying to help as much as possible," he said. "You know, having our guys just go in and help the teachers or whatever it is, picking up trash, you know, you know, putting some you know, this together. You know, whatever our guys can do, you know, that helps with, you know, learning to be a good teammate. Right? So, you know, you're not just a good teammate on the floor. You know, you're doing things like that, which helps you, you know, learn to be a good teammate as well, you know, off the floor."

Shooting guard Dorian Finister said the project is a good way for him and the teammates to bond.

"I mean, it's been great. We were having a good time, you know, moving stuff around, cleaning and, you know, joking around, you know, just making a good time out of, you know, but nobody really looking at it like just like, you know, work for like, you know, we just have a good time," he explains.

The work done by the Cajuns was certainly appreciated by the school and its principal, Colleen Comeaux.

"It does make a huge difference in our teachers' preparedness for the school year, just knowing that the basketball players are here to support our school means the world to them," she said.

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