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Students in this spring\u2019s Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) class constructed 10 exterior and 18 interior walls that will be transported to Hurley, Virginia, for a new home in a community still recovering from an August 2021 flood.<\/p>\n

Some of those students also participated in an April MDS E-term to Hurley, the second year EMS has taken a group.<\/p>\n

Fourteen students joined the MDS class, most of whom had no construction experience when they registered for the new elective.<\/p>\n

Before the students used nail guns and other power tools to construct the frames, they practiced measuring, sawing, hammering, and other skills on projects such as a cutting board, a birdhouse, a folding table, and building a shed on school grounds.<\/p>\n

The practice projects, except for the shed, were created using reclaimed pallets.<\/p>\n

The MDS-EMS partnership brings new life to the former “shop” area, teaches practical skills, and is nurturing a young constituency of skilled and passionate MDS supporters. “It’s a win-win-win,” says Justin King, high school principal who had
\na vision for the new elective along with his father Kevin King, executive director of MDS.<\/p>\n

EMS plans to send an E-term with MDS every year.<\/p>\n

See more images and the full story at easternmennonite.org\/mds-class<\/a><\/p>\n

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