SEPT. UPDATE:
The work continues in building #1, home of our new MHA Restoration Shop Youth Mentoring Program. Rod Jones and crew have been getting the walls up and preparing the building for electrical and plumbing work to follow.

Members of Sea Scouts Ship 100 have begun working on the restoration of our Marshall Sandpiper catboat. Hardware has been removed, tagged, and bagged, and all the rotten and broken woodwork has been removed. Fairing the hull and prepping it for a fresh paint job is next on their list.

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MHA Restoration Shop
13272 SW Bayshore Dr.
Traverse City, MI 49684
231-941-9667

Welcome to The MHA Restoration Shop- a brand new educational mentoring program being developed by the MHA.

• MHA has partnered with Hagerty Insurance to receive damaged boats from their claims department for the Restoration Shop.
• Working with high-school students from the TBA Career-Tech Center in Traverse City and our own volunteers, we will restore these boats to show condition.
• The boats will be the vehicle by which we show the students that honest work, integrity, and mastery of a craft are among life's greatest achievements.
• Upon completion, these boats will added to our fleet or sold to help fund the next boat project.

  
  This new program is partially funded by the Collectors Foundation, a national education grant-making organization, initiated by Hagerty Insurance of Traverse City and funded by a growing network of collector vehicle and classic boat enthusiasts to serve young people. The Foundation has provided a 5 year, $50,000 challenge grant to support this program.
  To learn how you can get involved with this unique new mentoring program, call
  

Mark Thompson @ 231-645-1625 or by email.