Starting on June 26, AGC’s Building Leaders of Chattanooga (BLOC), our under 40’s professional group, hosted its first Construction Camp for rising 8th grade students, and it was a whopping success!

Fifteen students from 10 different schools spent the week learning how to frame walls, build brick walls, plumb sinks and faucets, and build projects like a planter box, phone holder, and a toolbox.  Campers also got to maneuver mini-excavators, man simulators, and remotely drive equipment.

Our amazing volunteers kept it fun with games and activities throughout the week and the campers had a ball, asking if we could keep the camp going all summer!

Through the collaborative efforts of AGC members and community supporters, campers attended for free with breakfast, snacks, lunch, equipment and materials covered through your generous donations.

Special thanks to John Clevenger (P & C Construction) and Rachael Hendrix (T.U. Parks Construction) for leading this initiative, and to all of our incredible volunteers who donated so much of their time this week!

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SPONSORS
Adman Electric
Logan-Moore
Stowers Rents
Wright Brothers Construction
Penhall Company
TT Wilson
P&C Construction
Post Pro Capital
Frizzell Construction
Duke Hicks
Builders Mutual
Duke Hicks
JDH Company
Triad Electric
Brock Insurance Agency

VOLUNTEERS:
Gerald Harris, Principal of Construction Career Center

John Youngberg, Instructor at Construction Career Center

Rob Bentley (BLOC Chair), TT Wilson

Cynthia Blackwell, Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union

John Brock, Brock Insurance Agency

Wes Bonds, TU Parks

Forrest Catron, Wright Brothers Construction

John Clevenger, P&C Construction

Paris Cornelison, P&C Construction

Curtis Cooper, Wright Brothers Construction

Jack Feagans, Logan-Moore

Ivy Gaustad, T.U. Parks Construction

Jordan Goodman, Adman Electric

Garrett Griffith, Penhall Company

Taylor Helton, JDH Corporation

Rachael Hendrix, T.U. Parks Construction

Justin Horton, Frizzell Construction

Joshua “Juice” Kight, T.U. Parks Construction

Emerson Krause, AIS Infrastructure

Ryan Padgett, Stowers Rents

John Michael Pate, Wright Brothers Construction

Craig Tuccairone, Adman Electric

Madeline Uhrik, SIGNiX

Preston Walker, NOI

Charlie Wood, Triad Electric

Keyta Young-Price, green l spaces