{"id":30565,"date":"2016-09-15T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/?p=30565"},"modified":"2016-09-11T17:39:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T21:39:34","slug":"cathedral-stone-products-sponsors-youth-programs-historic-preservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/cathedral-stone-products-sponsors-youth-programs-historic-preservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathedral Stone Products Sponsors Youth Programs in Historic Preservation"},"content":{"rendered":"
Historic preservation is the theme for new youth programs hosted at historic Woodlawn Cemetery<\/a> in the Bronx and sponsored in part by in-kind training from Cathedral Stone Products Inc.<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cOne program exposes high school students to the concepts of historic preservation, the other is helping to train the next generation of masons so they know how to restore historic buildings from the start\u2014and can get hired,\u201d says Mitch Rose, President and CEO of The Woodlawn Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark, and now in its 153th year. <\/p>\n A collaboration between Woodlawn Conservancy, World Monuments Fund and the International Masonry Institute, The Woodlawn Cemetery Preservation Training Program includes:<\/p>\n On successful completion of the Preservation Training Program, students receive certified-installer status for Cathedral Stone Products. \u201cThe building industry is always hungry for people with masonry and preservation skills, and those who move through the program will have a better chance to build a stronger future,\u201d said Steven Cortazzo, Director of Sales, Cathedral Stone Products.<\/p>\n Woodlawn Conservancy, WMF and IMI started the Preservation Training Program last year as a pilot to address the needs of underserved, high-potential 18- to 24-year olds in the community. Twelve young people completed the 2015 internship program. Three were selected for continuing apprenticeships at Woodlawn, and five of the other nine secured jobs in the trades. The 2016 intern program began in July and includes sixteen 18- to 24-year olds, plus nine high-school students. <\/p>\n \u201cThere are many stories that dwell here, and we take our role as preservationists seriously. These programs are ways that we breathe new life into our community,\u201d Rose says.<\/p>\n The Woodlawn Cemetery Preservation Training Program receives funding from World Monuments Fund, Heckscher Foundation for Children, The Dalio Foundation Inc., Achelis Foundation, The Pinkerton Foundation, The New York Community Trust and the Office of City Council Member Andrew Cohen.<\/p>\n Rose emphasized that community outreach programs depend on donations as well as in-kind sponsorships. \u201cCathedral Stone, for example, provides not only materials but instructors and certification programs for students,\u201d he says. For more information about the two programs, contact Woodlawn Cemetery<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Historic preservation is the theme for new youth programs hosted at historic Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx and sponsored in part by in-kind training from Cathedral Stone Products Inc. \u201cOne program exposes high school students to the concepts of historic preservation, the other is helping to train the next generation of masons so they know<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":".@CathedralStone Sponsors Youth Programs in #HistoricPreservation","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[202],"tags":[17473,486,21134],"ppma_author":[48795],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n