Applications are now available for high school students to participate in the Builders Beyond Borders (B3) program for the 2014-2015 program year.
B3 builds “character, responsibility and leadership by engaging high school students in local and global community service.”
Builders Beyond Borders (B3) is a non-profit organization that engages high school students – representing more than 20 local high schools – in leadership training through local and global community service projects.
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B3 volunteers serve Fairfield County throughout the school year and travel to a Latin American or Caribbean country in the spring to build needed facilities for deserving communities.
This past winter and spring, B3 volunteers traveled to five communities throughout the Dominican Republic to build sanitation facilities, a water system and a clinic.
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B3 is a great opportunity to make a difference both in Fairfield County and abroad and connect with like-minded students from local schools. Applications are available on the B3 website at: www.buildersbeyondborders.org/application-student.
To learn more about the B3 program, please join us for a B3 Open House on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 6:30pm at the B3 office (8 Willard Rd., Norwalk, CT).
During this event, you can see pictures and videos of what we do, speak to currently enrolled students and adult advisors, and meet the B3 staff. Please contact B3 if you plan to attend the open house at (203) 847-5220 or info@buildersbeyondborders.org.
To learn more about the program, requirements or to see pictures from past years, please visit www.buildersbeyondborders.org. We hope to meet you soon!
About Builders Beyond Borders
Builders Beyond Borders (B3) is a non-profit organization that builds character, responsibility and leadership by engaging high school students across Fairfield County in leadership training through local and global community service projects.
Begun in 1993, B3 has worked with communities to build needed projects through Fairfield County in in Latin American nations including Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, and Tobago.
For more information, visit: www.buildersbeyondborders.org.
