Video: 'Weapons of Mass Construction'
www.princeton.edu/main...Since spring 2009, the Princeton Varsity Club has partnered with Isles Inc., a Trenton-based community development organization, to involve Princeton student-athletes and other campus community members in "Weapons of Mass Construction," an effort to help revitalize poor urban areas located just miles from the University….This video features the participants and activities of "Weapons of Mass Construction." To date, more than 375 student-athletes, coaches, athletic administrators and academic-athletic fellows have dedicated more than 1,400 service hours to the program from a wide cross-section of Princeton teams….Isles was founded by Princeton students and faculty under the leadership of Martin Johnson, a 1981 Princeton graduate and varsity football letter-winner. Johnson, who is CEO of Isles, noted that the organization's mission "is to foster self-reliant families in healthy, sustainable communities."

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