For the past five years, Building Great Futures has been working to give inner-city youth marketable skills before graduation by training them in the construction trades.
Students and staff involved in Building Great Futures with a proclamation from U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown of Warrensville Heights.CLEVELAND, Ohio--
Tory Coats, director of career readiness for Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio and one of the program’s coordinators, said the initiative creates opportunities for young people to gain hands-on work experience. Robert Johnson, 17, one of the 15 teens involved in the program, said he always had an interest in working with his hands. Joining the program allowed him to open his mind about trade school and make construction work into a career.
On Wednesday, the program kicked off with a small gathering at one of the homes that will be rehabbed on Elwell Avenue in the Buckeye neighborhood. The teens and representatives from each respective organization attended.
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