The following link is to an article in MaineToday.com on a boat building program in Unity, Maine. Unity Boat Shop is a program designed to give children hands-on experience to initiate life-long learning. It is one of many successful boat building programs throughout the East coast. As stated by Steve Sheaffer, director of the Maine Advanced Technology Center at Southern Maine Community College in Brunswick.

"Most children pass through elementary and high school without so much as lifting a hammer. For the kid that touches that block plane, and starts planing on a piece of wood, that's magic. That experience is super-important for a middle school kid. That may never leave their mind."

Thanks Reuben for the link.