The art of building small wooden boats is being used to help young, at-risk adults in the United States. These young men and women are being trained and working as apprentices in a boat building program in Alexandria, Virginia. The Alexandria Seaport Foundation is providing support for the program, which serves the Washington, D.C. area. It aims to help those who have little hope of attending college or finding a good-paying job. The goal is to give young people the skills, state of mind and self-control to change their lives for the better. The year-round program teaches small groups of people how to build small wooden sailboats and canoes. The apprentices are from 18 to 22 years old. One apprentice is 19 year old Chris Adkins from Florida. He is learning what it takes to build boats that are beautiful and useful, with hammers, saws and other tools.
Title: Building Boats Helps At-Risk Young Adults Improve Their Lives
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3019/BB.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Building Boats Helps At-Risk Young Adults Improve Their Lives' data-article-id='3564'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9500'>The art of building small wooden boats is being used to help young, at-risk adults in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='9500' data-end-time='21083'>These young men and women are being trained and working as apprentices in a boat building program in Alexandria, Virginia.</span> <span data-start-time='21083' data-end-time='31271'>The Alexandria Seaport Foundation is providing support for the program, which serves the Washington, D.C. area.</span> <span data-start-time='31271' data-end-time='40021'>It aims to help those who have little hope of attending college or finding a good-paying job.</span> <span data-start-time='40021' data-end-time='51188'>The goal is to give young people the skills, state of mind and self-control to change their lives for the better.</span> <span data-start-time='51188' data-end-time='60854'>The year-round program teaches small groups of people how to build small wooden sailboats and canoes.</span> <span data-start-time='60854' data-end-time='66708'>The apprentices are from 18 to 22 years old.</span> <span data-start-time='66708' data-end-time='73042'>One apprentice is 19 year old Chris Adkins from Florida.</span> <span data-start-time='73042' data-end-time='83333'>He is learning what it takes to build boats that are beautiful and useful, 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