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.

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: NECN. 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.