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Watch YouthBuild San Joaquin at Work in New Video

Students learn while helping Habitat for Humanity build homes

A new video released by the San Joaquin County Office of Education’s YouthBuild San Joaquin shows students hard at work building a home for a lower-income family.

The partnership between Habitat for Humanity of San Joaquin County and YouthBuild gives students a chance to receive hands-on-experience that will prepare them to join the San Joaquin County workforce and embark on their new careers.

But the students are getting more out of YouthBuild than work experience when they build a house.

“It was a tough process. It got me tired sometimes,” YouthBuild student Steven Arias said. “But it was worth it seeing these families getting into their homes, getting the keys to their houses. It really hits somebody in the heart, making sure that someone has a roof over their head.”

To view the video, click here.

Posted: 4/17/2015