Camp Hard Hat 6th – 10th Graders Make Their Mark This Summer At Genesee County Park & Forest
East Bethany, NY –
Press release
Twenty-Five rising 6th-10th graders are using math, process thinking skills, power tools, safety equipment, and the power of teamwork to build a picnic pavilion and picnic benches at Area B at the Genesee County Park & Forest.
Camp Hard Hat is in its eighth year of operation and is a special partnership between Genesee County Park & Forest, the Genesee County Business/Education Alliance, and GVBOCES Building Trades Program.
Led by GVBOCES Building Trades instructors Rich Monroe and Kelly Mileham, Camp Hard Hat promotes skilled trade careers and teaches local youth the value of learning to build a community project with
their hands.
In addition to learning the principles of design, construction, and safety, campers also learned more about different skilled trade careers from guest speakers and industry leaders like Bill Hayes from Turnbull HVAC, Keith Berlinski from Hot Wired Electrical, Joma Akana of the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters (NASRCC), Dustin Beardsley from Rochester Davis-Fetch Corporation, Lindsie Cook from Livingston Associates, and Taylor McCabe from McCabe Enterprises Electrical Contractor.
The Genesee County Park & Forest provide nature activities for Camp Hard Hat students so that they can also learn and appreciate all that the park has to offer.
