Arthurdale depended on homesteaders working together to build and sustain the community, making community pride crucial to the project's success. Schools, numerous clubs for men and women, sports teams, a choir, a fire committee, and other organizations brought people together and built a collective spirit. Music festivals, dinners, and dances provided welcome breaks from their work, and residents remembered the place as feeling like one big family, willing to help someone with their troubles while all strove for the same thing.