JEFFERSON, Wis. -- More than a month has passed since the city of Jefferson -- where the Rock and Crawfish rivers converge -- was hit hard by floods. This weekend, a massive volunteer effort is underway to help with the cleanup.

"It's just indicative of small town community spirit," said Gary Myers, mayor of Jefferson.

Volunteers are once again working on the sandbag lines, but now they are removing reminders of what residents have gone through in the past month.

"We've been through a lot of hardship and a lot of nasty stuff, and there's a lot of community pride here, and we want to see these memories kind of, hauled away," said Myers.

It will take time before everything goes back to the way it was, but removing sandbags is a big step.

Becky Adams grew up in Jefferson, but now lives in Milwaukee. She came home to help her family and friends during the floods, and now she's back to help with the recovery.

"It's a little easier when there's no water to walk through, but it's the same type of work. Passing the sandbags is still hard, but you're a little more motivated because you know it's for a good cause," said Adams.

Sandbags are just part of the recovery. The city's largest park saw some of the worst flooding, and all of the wood chips at the children's playground have to be removed because of possible contaminants.

It's not the back-breaking labor of lifting sandbags, but it's not easy either.

"It was fine until the sun started coming out," said volunteer Claire Racanelli with a laugh.

The work may be tough, but volunteers said they know what their work means to the community.

"It's not just this community. There's people from the surrounding communities that have come in to help, and I guess that's part of the reason I like living in a small town. They're not afraid to do that sort of thing," said Racanelli.

As of Saturday, there's still a lot of work to be done at the park.

City officials said they might lose one or two homes due to flood damage. But they still feel they're incredibly lucky, especially since despite the severe floods, there have been no serious injuries in town.