LYNCHBURG, Va. – Thanks to an anonymous donor, one Lynchburg organization is a major step closer to turning dreams into reality.
The Jubilee Family Development Center is building a STEM center.
Dr. Sterling Wilder, executive director of Jubilee, says they just raised $50,000 after one supporter challenged the nonprofit to a matching-gift program.
The new facility will be used to teach manufacturing and other basic skills for children and adults.
“Lynchburg has a 24% poverty rate. Our goal is to drop that poverty rate by giving them better jobs that have a sustaining and profitable wage. And the way they can do that is getting into the manufacturing technologies,” said Dr. Wilder.
We’re told Jubilee still needs about $20,000 to complete construction, and they hope to hold a ribbon-cutting event next month.