Onto Water Chad Brenner and Geoff McKonly grew up together with an appreciation for boats, especially wooden boats. As adults, they've turned their love of boats into more than just a hobby. In 1996, the men started the Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory, a nonprofit school dedicated to passing along boatbuilding and sailing skills to younger generations, and to providing a positive learning experience for Philadelphia's kids at risk. The kids learn how to read plans, use hand tools, and work together to solve problems during the construction process. They also learn marketable skills, and see that there are alternatives to the lives they've known.
Students launch their completed canoes on local lakes.
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