YouthBuild-Lawrence (continued) Concurrently, students practice newly attained construction skills and demonstrate mastery of core competencies while constructing a new four bedroom residential home located at 165 West Street. Thus far, the construction team has completed 100% interior rough framing, 70% exterior framing, rough framed front and rear porch doors and completed roof shingles and soffit and fascia boards. Lawrence Family Development & Education Fund, Inc. accepted an offer and entered into a Purchase & Sales Agreement for 189 West Street in the amount of $189,000. On April 1, 2014, YouthBuild-Lawrence received recognition from Mayor Daniel Rivera on the Mayors’ Day of Recognition for National Service. Mayor Rivera honored YouthBuild-Lawrence AmeriCorps members as valuable community assets for their efforts combatting poverty and homelessness by developing underutilized city-owned vacant lots, constructing affordable housing and completing countless hours of community service. Also in April 2014, YouthBuild-Lawrence was invited to participate in the Furniture Trust EcoChallenge. The Eco-Challenge is a design/build competition sponsored by The Furniture Trust that supplies used and discarded corporate office furniture to various non-profit organizations to be transformed, re-used or re-purposed in a creative and environmentally sensitive way. On April 10th Team YouthBuild-Lawrence presented its entry to a jury including architects, carpenters, project managers and other construction related professionals in Boston, MA. YBL took the trophy and $1,000 prize money for “The Most Creative Product” of the show. AmeriCorps YouthBuild-Lawrence affords its young people the opportunity to develop self-esteem and clarify their values on which to build a successful and industrious life through civic engagement and community service opportunities. For the past eleven years, YouthBuild-Lawrence has been an AmeriCorps members’ host site to approximately 350 AmeriCorps members who have collectively participated in over 200,000 hours of community service. YouthBuild-Lawrence AmeriCorps members annually participate in national service days to benefit the City of Lawrence such as: 9/11 Remembrance Day, 12
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