Legacy Builders was featured on 570 News with Mike Farwell, sharing how the program connects students with real construction career pathways through education and industry mentorship.

Legacy Builders is a school-based program that teaches students as young as 12 and 13 years old about various trades and job opportunities within the sector.

It's run by Hewson Brothers Building Supply and Melloul-Blamey Construction with the assistance of the Business & Education Partnership of Waterloo Region.

Through a detailed digital lesson plan and in-person professionals who volunteer to help, students hear first-hand stories and take part in activities to build familiarity about the positive aspects of construction work.

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In this article we talk about the importance of the Legacy program and how the program came to be.

LinC committee chair Christina Rauchfleisz-Shantz says “Our initial goal for the program was to schedule one classroom session a month with 30 students per class, for a total of 300 students reached over a 10-month period. But with the incredible interest since its launch, Legacy Builders has reached a total of 1440 students by the end of June 2023, with an additional 300 students on the waitlist for the fall 2023-2024 school season.”

In this webinar, we explained what Legacy Builders is and why it is such an important program for our industry! Here is your chance to watch! Click the link below to watch our zoom webinar put on by Trades for Tomorrow