Congratulations to the corpsmembers, crew leaders, preservation experts, and everyone involved from the New Jersey Youth Corps of Phillipsburg, and the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area for being named 2016 Project of the Year by the Corps Network!

Completed in the summer of 2015, this HOPE Crew Project removed and rebuilt sections of the porch on Building 26 - headquarters for the Park Service Unit - which had been badly damaged in 2012 by Superstorm Sandy.

Per the Corps Network:

Corpsmembers on the Sandy Hook project had many notable accomplishments: five Corpsmembers performed over 1,200 hours of service while learning the craft of historic preservation, two Corpsmembers secured work in the construction trades as laborers, and three obtained their high school diplomas while engaged in the project, citing the work they performed as having been directly beneficial.

Learn more about the HOPE Crew program and other active and completed projects across the country.