Growing up, I always wanted to work with my hands, so I learned the various trades with my godfather, Brent McCalister, who also taught me the great disciplines of hard work and how to become a solid young man. I loved the skilled trades, with a preference for electrical, so I decided that was what I wanted my career to be.
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(BUFFALO) – Fourteen City of Buffalo Public High School students have been awarded trades-oriented scholarships valued at a combined $84,000 from the Buffalo Building & Construction Trades Council’s Pre-Apprenticeship Education and Training Trust Fund, which is funding the effort under a 10-cent-per-hour contribution from Union-represented construction workers and Member Contractors working on Buffalo’s $1 billion school renovation project.