What’s News Today: Meals on Main, Build Smart
Here’s a look at some of the stories we’ll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia.
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What s News Today (WSLS 10)
Santa will help with food distribution today at the YMCA of Virginia Tech’s Meals on Main. He’ll be at the Thrift Shop Parking Lot from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. helping hand out meals and holiday treats. The Y says the program helps to relieve some of the pressure caused by the pandemic. Today’s distribution replaces the one that would normally happen on Friday.
Free tuition available for Bedford County high school students
Core Fundamentals of Construction Program is free to any student living in Bedford County
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Here’s the catch you have to be registered by Wednesday, Dec. 23.
The Build Smart Institute Core Fundamentals of Construction Program is free to any student who lives in Bedford County in tenth to twelfth grade. You can be in public school, private school or homeschooled.
This is all provided by CARES Act money and the deadline’s been extended. The classes are usually $1,800 and include an introduction to the industry.
“The construction industry has been starved for skilled workers for decades now. It’s only gotten worse over the past 40 years and really started to hit the industry hard at the turn of the century. There’s a real deficit even through the pandemic of skilled workers for the construction industry,” said Rob Leonard, Build Smart Institute director.