New roof a ‘tremendous gift’ for Germantown Young Life cabin
Jose Perez (left) and Matthew Perez with 5ash Roofing tear off old shingles as community members team up to put a free roof on the Forest Hill Civic Club cabin on Wednesday, July 31. Young Life Ministries, a nonprofit Christian youth organization, holds weekly meetings for high school students in the old cabin throughout the school year. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Thousands of high school students have used the log cabin on Poplar Avenue in Germantown over the past couple decades. Thanks to benefactors, future high school students using the cabin will gather under a new roof.
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Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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