JOB CORPS A few examples of students showing care and concern for others, and customer service skills: the HBI Trade came to the rescue to help get our Fountain up and running after a long winters nap. It needed leaves cleaned out and drained of water that had collected from...
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2016 ATTERBURY EARTH DAY
The Earth day Shirts were issued, the plants and mulch delivered, the gloves and tools brought out,, and a long standing tradition on the Atterbury Campus began as the “Green Army” emerged to not wage war, but to participate in a Battle to Beautify the Center for the...
ATTERBURY CULINARY IS WILD ABOUT WAFFLE HOUSE
Waffle House® restaurants have offered the unbeatable combination of good food with outstanding service since 1955. This combination has made it a beloved icon for the past 60 years. Waffle House® restaurants provide a unique dining experience where regular customers...
INDY DIAMONDS BECOMING COMMUNITY CRUSADERS
IndyPendence Diamonds filled used purses with toiletries for the homeless. Trainee’s and staff donated gently used purses and toiletries items (deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hair care products, feminine care products and body wash). Brandi Lyle-Wilson took the...
INDYPENDENCE HAS THE SCOOP ON SUCCESSFUL FEMALE FUTURES
THIS PAST WEEK OUR INDYPENDENCE CENTER WAS FEATURED ON THE COVER OF "SCOOP" MAGAZINE IN INDIANAPOLIS. CLICK ON EACH IMAGE TO ENLARGE AND READ THE "FULL" SCOOP ON OUR INDY DIAMONDS!
FORMER ATTERBURY STUDENT TAKES TO THE AIRWAVES TO PROMOTE JOB CORPS
American Business Corporation, our partners that assist Job Corps with Recruitment and Transitions Services, (in addition to our own Recruitment and Transitions staff,) assisted with media outreach this week as well! Former Atterbury Job Corps student and now ABC...
CULINARY CREATIONS IMPRESS CENTER VENDOR LUNCHEON
The Culinary trade this week took what could have been a small, simple, luncheon for a few guests and turned it into a 4 Star Dining Experience!! The Finance And Administration Departments Purchasing Area, under the guide of Purchasing Agent Karla Chester and...
HBI FACILITY MAINTENANCE & PAINTING TRADES BECOME “OFFICE WORKERS”.
This week our Construction Trade students became “Office Workers”! We had a Titanic Team-up between the HBI Facility Maintenance Trade and our IUPAT Painting Trade to renovate a center office in the Administration Building. HBI came in first to tear out the old worn...
ATTERBURY – IUOE HEAVY EQUIPMENT TRADE – BUILDING BRIDGES
IUOE Heavy Equipment Trade brought out the “Big Guns” this week! Our “Welcome Center” has a back door that wasn’t being utilized because it led out to a drainage ditch. HEO were charged with building a earth bridge to allow students a passage over the “mote”. Using a...
COMMUNITY PACKS THE INDYPENDENCE “OPEN HOUSE”!
IndyPendence Job Corp held a community “open house”, otherwise known as a “Community Relations Council” meeting to update local residents, non-profit organizations, and business, located in Indianapolis area, of the important work and training occurring at the center....
INDYPENDENCE CNA STUDENT QUALIFIES NYC ADVANCED TRAINING LPN PROGRAM
Congratulations to Indy CNA student Delmy Pineda Ramirez for passing the English portion of the Advanced Training LPN Entrance Exam! Delmy passed the math portion of the test last week, but this was her second and final attempt at the English portion. She was very...
INDYPENDENCE JOB CORPS RAISES COMMUNITY SPIRITS
IndyPendence staff used funds raised from their "Biggest Losers" weight loss contest to purchase a bike for a local Community Easter Egg Hunt held on Saturday March 25th. Pictured here is 7 year old Michelle Tucker, who was the winner, and best of all this was her...
ATTERBURY HBI FACILITY MAINTENANCE PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON ARTCRAFT ACCESSIBILITY RAMP
HBI Facility Maintenance put the finishing touches on the handicap accessible ramp for our community partners, Franklin Heritage/The Artcraft Theatre. The Artcraft supplied the materials and HBI supplied a little over a weeks worth of labor. HBI finished the fencing...
ATTERBURY HOSTS “COOKIES AND CANVAS” IN CELEBRATION OF WOMEN’S MONTH
In celebration of Women’s Month female students and staff held a Atterbury Ladies Day. The theme was “Cookies and Canvas”. Our females spent an afternoon not only dinning on cookies, but drinking root beer out of the bottle, or tea, lemonade, pizza, hamburgers,...
INDYPENDENCE STUDENT WASTES LITTLE TIME ADVANCING TO ADVANCED TRAINING
As students were rushing out the doors to enjoy an extended weekend, IndyPendence’s new student Nyshaleena Young who has been on center less than 30 days was taking a 2.75 hour test that would qualify her to be apart of the July LPN Advanced Training program in...
ATTERBURY – HBI FACILITY MAINTENANCE – ARTCRAFT INSTAGRAM HEROES
This week HBI Facility Maintenance became Instagram internet heroes, when they made a quick project out of a handicap accessible ramp for our community partners, Franklin Heritage/The Artcraft Theatre. The Artcraft supplied the materials and HBI supplied a weeks worth...
ATTERBURYS PACKED HOUSE-QUARTERLY COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL
March 24th, Atterbury Job Corps held its Quarterly Community Relations Council, a meeting designed as an ongoing effort to allow the center, and the surrounding communities to work together in establishing mutually beneficial short and long-term initiatives that...
ATTERBURY OFFICE ADMINISTRATION GETS EDUCATED ABOUT IUPUI COLLEGE
On Wednesday, March 2nd the Office Administration students of Atterbury Job Corp had the privilege of participating in a college presentation from IUPUI, (Indiana University Purdue University Inc). In this presentation our students learned the following: • Distinct...
EMPLOYER DEVELOPMENT – SSI SERVICES LLC SEEKING TOMORROW’S WORKFORCE
This week the Carpentry Trade had the opportunity to speak directly to a company that wants to bring in new, skilled, hardworking young persons into its workforce and industry. For almost three decades, Specialty Systems, Inc. has been a leader in the Environmental...
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT KICK OFF RANGER ACADEMY
Social Development staff from Safety/Security and Residential Life have teamed up to form the Atterbury Ranger Academy. The evening time program, currently in week 5 of a 6 week probationary period, utilizes former military servicemen and women to prepare aspiring...