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KENT—Youth will have an opportunity to work with the region’s leading trades and artisanal crafts professionals Saturday, Oct. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The third annual SPARK event, hosted by TradesUp, will introduce youth to the wide range of job opportunities in traditional trades such as carpentry, plumbing, electrical trades and more.

The event will be held at the Connecticut Antique Machinery Association & Eric Sloane Museum, 31 Kent Cornwall Road.

More than 400 young people typically attend and will spend the day creating, constructing and exploring in a safe and inspiring environment.

Five-year-old Charlie Mitchell of Kent was encouraged to try out an arborist’s harness while climbing a tree at last year’s Touch-a-Trade event (now SPARK) on the grounds of the Connecticut Antiques Machinery Association. Photo by Kathryn Boughton

TradesUp is the umbrella organization for SPARK. It is a non-profit 501c3 company run by dedicated volunteers. It benefits youths seeking creative outlets, communities seeking to foster intergenerational programing while potentially developing future tradespeople.

This event is free and open to the public. There is no cost nor age requirement to participate in SPARK.

Registration is available on site or here.

Kathryn Boughton
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Kathryn Boughton has been editor of the Kent Dispatch since its digital reincarnation in October 2023 as a nonprofit online publication. A native of Canaan, Conn., Kathryn has been a regional journalist for more than 50 years, having been employed by both the Lakeville Journal and Litchfield County Times as managing editor. While with the LCT, she was also editor of the former print Kent Good Times Dispatch from 2005 until 2009.

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