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Last Updated: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Walmart gives $130,000 to St. Louis YouthBuild programsTendersInfo.com Walmart is giving $64,860 each to Operation Excel YouthBuild in St. Louis and Tomorrow's Builders YouthBuild Charter School in East St. Louis, Ill., to help instruct local youth and develop green housing using energy efficient technology and materials. The awards were part of $2.6 million grant Walmart split nationally. Ten thousand low-income, 16- to 24 year-olds work toward their GEDs or high school diplomas annually in YouthBuild programs. These young adults learn job skills by building affordable housing for homeless and poor people. Since 1994, approximately 92,000 YouthBuild students have built 19,000 housing units across the country.
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