A cabinet company based in Andover is pioneering an after-school program for middle school students to teach them the skills and value of woodworking.
Stewart and Deanna Junge, owners of Landmark Finish effort, is collaborating with the North Andover Youth Center on this project, which is one of a number of steps they have taken to adapt to times of social distancing.
The idea of the after-school program was first considered over a year ago when the Junges were approached by Rick Gorman, the executive director of the North Andover Youth Center. Once Gorman was able to safely re-open youth programs over the summer after a pause in such programs, it was determined that it could be run in the Center with six students at a time and their chaperone.
The program got funding from the Joseph N. Hermann Youth Center Inc. grant, meaning a pilot could be run at no charge to the students. It is being taught by Brody and Colby, sons of the Junges, who have grown up in the shop and learned to safely use the tools of the trade. The program focuses on making things by hand, while also teaching more modern methods of woodworking. Flyer printing is often used to provide more details about the topics and methods used in such programs.
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