WORCESTER, Mass. - More than 140 volunteers from AbbVie worked at Belmont Street Community School Tuesday to build a new, immersive and modern makerspace for students.

It's part of AbbVie’s eighth annual “Week of Possibilities” employee volunteer program. The space features new technology, hands-on learning materials and resources to promote critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Volunteers also prepared STEM-based educational resource kits, including books and school supplies, for students to take home.

"It’s one of our core principles, serving the community,” Mike McDonald, manufacturing site director for AbbVie, said. “The Belmont Community School is literally down the street from our Worcester facility and we’re so glad to be here to improve the facilities and create a STEM lab, a makerspace for students to return to in the fall."

AbbVie partnered with the Heart of America Foundation to bring the makerspace to life.

"We always say at Heart of America that our days on site are the best days of our job,” said Shelly Lucas, vice president of program delivery for Heart of America. “To see and feel the energy from all of the volunteers and all of the support that we have for students in communities that have a lot of need just really fills your cup and it makes it all worth it."

Volunteers also did gardening, mural painting and cleaning and organization of storage rooms and classrooms.