NW Suburban High School Students Helping Build Home For Marine Who Lost His Legs In Afghanistan
(CBS) -- A Marine who lost both legs in Afghanistan is getting a new home, thanks in large part to students from the northwest suburbs.
Cody Evans' home will be in Tennessee but many of the parts of the wheelchair accessible project are coming together in District 214 high schools
Hersey High School students drew up architecture plans and raised more than $23,000 for the project in December.
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On Monday, 12 students in the geometry and construction class at Buffalo Grove High School will build walls for the home.
Tuesday, 20 Rolling Meadows High School students will also build walls with community volunteers.
Jeff Bott, the head of the career technical education division at Buffalo Grove, calls it building for a cause and says the kids love it.
"They see that someone is going to directly gain from the work that they are doing in class," Bott says.
Together, students will construct 100 wall sections that will be transported by truck to the home site in Tennessee next month.
