Fifteen Worcester YouthBuild students graduated on
June 25 at the Crowne Plaza in Worcester. The graduation followed two
days after the dedication of this year's project, a sustainable
gut-rehab of a 130-year-old house in the Main South neighborhood.
Class speaker Cynthia Rodriguez spoke with emotion about how they
had stuck with the challenging renovation.
Graduating were:Miguel Aponte, Azeda Browne, Cora Naveda Browne, Jason
Brumskine, Samuel Campanale, Uriel Crespo, Felix Colon-Pacheco, Efrain
Gonzalez, Elias Montijo, Carlos Orozco, Cynthia Rodriguez, Mallory
Taylor, Eli Torres, Jose Villanueva, and Iris Reyes.
For more photos of the graduation click here. For more photos of the dedication click here. For project photos on
Flickr, log onto flickr.com, username: youthbuild2008,
password:larryhaley.
Worcester student at taping of "Worcester News Tonight."
On May 19 viewers of "Worcester News Tonight" on New England Cable
Network (NECN) Channel 46 and WCTR Channel 3 saw YouthBuild students at
work on their renovation project.
To view the segment click here or log onto:
http://www.necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/05/19/Students-learn-important/1242767984.html.
For photos of the taping, click here.
A restaurant coupon
book, " Worcester Cuisine for Less Green!", to benefit the Worcester
YouthBuild program is now available for $12 from the TRA website Home
page.
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