Good samaritans of all sorts made the trip to Sand Canyon on Monday to help clear mud and debris from the weekend’s storms.

Dozens of volunteers from the SCV Disaster Coalition, Boy Scouts Troop 499, and Missionaries from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints assisted Sand Canyon residents whose homes and property were damaged in the recent mudslides.

Residents had their yards and driveways covered in mud after months of fires and rains led to mudslides and flooding throughout the Sand Canyon area.

One resident, Philippa Gunner, who lives just off Iron Canyon, described watching the wall around her property give out to the mounting water and flood down into her neighbor’s yard, destroying their chicken coop.

Her main concern, Gunner said, was her large rose bed that had been nearly completely covered by mud.

“I can’t imagine how long it will take to fix this,” said Gunner, having already dealt with two mudslides this year, one of which nearly filled her pool with mud — a project that took four men nearly three days to fix.

Assisting residents like Gunner were volunteers from the local Boy Scouts of America Troop No. 499 and missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Elder Silva was one of the missionaries who came out to help city work crews clear out a bridge that was nearly completely blocked with mud.

Silva was part of nearly 20 missionaries who come out to shovel and clean the mudslide and flooding areas.

“We don’t get an opportunity like this all the time,” said Elder Cardinal, another of the missionaries on hand Monday.

“It just feels great,” Silva said, “when people are all together working towards something like this.”