Photos: Building boats, and learning lifelong skills

July 23, 2015 4:29 PM

Making a boat paddle — Ridwana Osman, 17, shaped the handle of a boat paddle, July 22, 2015 at Urban Boatbuilders in St. Paul. She is part of St. Paul's Right Track program, which provides internships and career development opportunities to local youth. Osman and eight other youth will spend seven weeks building canoe-style boats at Urban Boatbuilders.
Jennifer Simonson | MPR News

For 20 years, a local organization has helped kids in the Twin Cities develop skills in teamwork, communication, problem solving — all through boat building.

Youth interns at St. Paul's Urban Boatbuilders are putting the finishing touches on wooden boats that they have been working on throughout the summer.

Mayor Chris Coleman stopped by the organization's University Avenue workshop on Wednesday to lend a hand in finishing some of the watercraft.

The interns will launch their boats on Como Lake on Wednesday, July 29 at 6:30 p.m.

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