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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David Skinner Forest Hill Civic Club Germantown Poplar Avenue Young LifeAbigail Warren
Abigail Warren is a lifelong resident of Shelby County and a graduate of the University of Memphis. She has worked for several local publications and covers the suburbs for The Daily Memphian.