{"id":35390,"date":"2022-06-17T11:27:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T15:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=35390"},"modified":"2022-06-17T11:27:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T15:27:01","slug":"several-companies-in-construction-industry-give-free-tool-bags-to-high-school-grads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2022\/06\/several-companies-in-construction-industry-give-free-tool-bags-to-high-school-grads\/","title":{"rendered":"Several Companies In Construction Industry Give Free Tool Bags To High School Grads"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35392\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/06\/curtis-gives-out-hc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/06\/curtis-gives-out-hc.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/06\/curtis-gives-out-hc-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/06\/curtis-gives-out-hc-768x593.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These are among the tools that were loaded into packs and distributed to area high school students pursuing careers in building trades. Curtis Lumber partnered with local companies in the effort.<br \/>Courtesy Curtis Lumber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Curtis Lumber has partnered with several local companies in the construction industry to help graduating seniors at WSWHE BOCES and Questar III BOCES in Career and Tech Ed programs.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Curtis Lumber has spearheaded an effort to provide over 250 tool bags filled with some starter items in support of graduating seniors at<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>those schools who will be entering the workforce in the areas of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>construction, heavy equipment, HVAC and welding.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Participating companies include Belmonte Builders, Bennett Contracting, Callanan Industries, DeGraff Bloom Customer Builders, DA Collins, Hoosick Valley Contractors, Malta Development, Munter Enterprises, North Atlantic State Regional Council of Carpenters, Otterbeck Builders, Teakwood Builders, Trojanski Builders, Turner Construction, Weyerhaeuser, and Witt Construction.<\/p>\n<p>The tool bags will be given to the students through the middle of June.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trades are in desperate need of labor,\u201d said Doug Ford, vice president at Curtis Lumber. \u201cWe wanted to do something to show our support and appreciation for students embarking on a career in the trades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span>The multi-company partnership is a continuation of a workforce development task force that spawned out of the Saratoga Builders Association. The group has grown in breadth and depth and now includes over 50 companies around the state.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Curtis Lumber Co., visit www.curtislumber.com.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1890, Curtis Lumber is an independent, family-owned business that serves eastern, central, and northern New York and Vermont.\u00a0The company\u2019s 700 employees pride themselves on serving both consumers and professional builders.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 23 locations are full-service home centers and building supply yards.\u00a0 It\u2019s fleet of 100 trucks can deliver from Pennsylvania to the Canadian border.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curtis Lumber has partnered with several local companies in the construction industry to help graduating seniors at WSWHE BOCES and Questar III BOCES in Career and Tech Ed programs.\u00a0 Curtis Lumber has spearheaded an effort to provide over 250 tool bags filled with some starter items in support of graduating seniors at\u00a0 those schools who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - 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