The 10th-annual Go Green Day was off with a bang Friday afternoon, making sure the city was prepared for next year's Western Canada Summer Games.

The initiative started by the Stark and Marsh a decade ago saw a wide range of foliage planted in the city, from trees to flower beds.

The event saw 150 volunteers show up to help plant the new greenery around the community according to Darcy Congdon, director of operations with Stark and Marsh.

Congdon said that the number of volunteers that came out to support them broke previous records they had set in the past for the event, and was impressed by how the event has grown.

"Originally it started out 10 years ago as a cleanup day around the creek and the parks and whatnot, and over the last probably seven or eight years, its really been about legacy items, its been planting trees, doing different gardens, working with the Swift Current Creek Watershed Stewards doing different projects along the creek, and over the last couple of years its been about preparing and getting the city ready to welcome the Western Canada Summer Games."

There were 12 projects completed during this year's event, including work at the Western Canadian Summer Games mountain bike course, a natural water filtration in the creek near Regier Honda, and planting of fruit trees in Rempel Gardens.

Congdon also said that the work that volunteers were doing would benefit the community by making it look more attractive for visitors and also by bringing people together.

"The items that we're doing will last forever, its trees that are planted that welcome people into the community, but also at the core it brings the community together," Congdon said. "It was kind of a cold rainy day and we had people from all different organizations and just general volunteers from the community that came out because they know its a great initiative and they like doing it every year."

A charity barbeque was also held in Market Square to benefit the event, volunteers could eat for free, but those not volunteering could give five dollars to participate.

Music was also provided at the event as lunch was being eaten by the band Bakersfield.

The $515 collected from the barbeque will be donated to the Canadian Mental Health Association.