employability skills and technical skills around the trades, but they’re also doing the community good.” These homes are constructed at a location known as “The Hope Factory,” a refurbished industrial warehouse in the community. Initially launched to support wildfire victims and address affordable housing shortages, this project allows students to gain hands-on experience. Espinoza conveys, “Saint Vincent de Paul and other partners like the Oregon Community Foundation were awarded funding to be able to build manufactured homes. So, at the factory, there is a classroom that was built in there so that we can have students come through and get to work with the professionals. They get to from start to finish to see what that looks like.” This not only 355 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 07 BETHEL SCHOOL DISTRICT
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