THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2025 Page 9 Helping the Community Northeast Metro Tech students built a new shed for a nonprofi t animal rescue organization in Saugus (Editor’s Note: Northeast Metro Tech issued the following press release recently.) S uperintendent David DiBarri is pleased to share that 17 Northeast Metro Tech Carpentry students teamed up with instructors to construct a new storage shed for a nonprofi t animal rescue organization in Saugus. Eddie’s Ranch is a non-profit animal rescue organization run by Lisa Mattuchio out of her home in Saugus. Mattuchio, a former vet tech for MSPCA-Angell, has always made a habit of rescuing dogs, but in 2021, when her dog Eddie passed away, Mattuchio decided to start an organization in Eddie’s honor. Eddie used a wheelchair throughout his life. Eddie’s Ranch now works to rehabilitate senior and disabled dogs, with a mission of finding them loving homes. Dogs that do not get adopted live out their years at Eddie’s Ranch with Mattuchio. When Northeast Metro Tech instructors heard that Mattuchio needed a new storage shed, they sprang into action. “Eddie’s Ranch is a place where animals can be free, safe, loved, and have a home,” said student Kevin Rodriguez, of Malden. “We saw a need and we had the skills to help. It’s as simple as that.” Yeudiel Zelaya, a student from Chelsea, holds one of the rescue dogs living at Eddie’s Ranch, a nonprofi t animal rescue organization in Saugus. Student Antonio Gasbarro, of Woburn, holds one of the rescue dogs living at Eddie’s Ranch, a nonprofi t animal rescue organization in Saugus. Over eight weeks, Carpentry instructors and 17 students built a 10- by 14-foot Gambrelstyle storage shed for Eddie’s Ranch, to help save Mattuchio from needing to buy one on her own. As an added bonus, students working on the project got to interact with the Northeast Metro Tech students, instructors and Superintendent David DiBarri stand together with staff from Eddie’s Ranch, a nonprofi t animal rescue organization in Saugus, after students built a new shed for the ranch. The new shed is pictured at the rear. (Photos Courtesy Northeast Metro Tech) rescue animals living at Eddie’s Ranch. Students started the project by creating construction documents and making a list of materials they needed for the shed. Students then obtained lumber and built the shed from scratch, building the floor, walls, and ceiling HELPING | SEE Page 14 Juniors, seniors and an instructor from the Northeast Metro Tech Carpentry program stand in front of the gambrel shed that they built for Eddie’s Ranch, a nonprofi t animal rescue organization in Saugus.
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