JOB CORPS On April 11, 2018, representatives from Blue Ridge Job Corps, Rose Alexander, Susan Ferraro, and Jordan Loupe, participated in the 2018 Smyth County Opportunity Fair in Chilhowie, VA, organized by the Smyth County Chamber of Commerce. The annual event is part of an...
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Blue Ridge students get involved in public Open House
On Wednesday May 3, 2017 Blue Ridge Job Corps held an open house to the many residents and area institutions. The open house featured Outreach & Admission counselors on site to speak with interested individuals about Blue Ridge. Blue Ridge students took a large...
Blue Ridge Job Corps students help with Remote Area Medical (RAM) Clinic
The skies were still pitch black as Business Community Liaison Mike Steele and 6 students left the center at 4:30am with their sights set on volunteering at Smyth County’s 2nd annual Remote Area Medical ( RAM) clinic. The Ram is a non-profit volunteer led...
Local Artist Inspires students at Blue Ridge Job Corps
On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, Blue Ridge Job Corps was honored to host artist and former nurse Ms. Nancy Johnson. Ms. Johnson was raised in Meadowview VA and grew up in segregated rural Virginia. Her paintings focus on black history and she paints them in a folk-art...
Blue Ridge Job Corps Students Visit Local Healthcare Facilities for Job Shadow
Blue Ridge Job Corps Center (BRJCC) students have kept busy this month with several National Groundhog Job Shadow Day events. Groundhog Job Shadowing provides students with firsthand knowledge on how the skills they learn in the classroom correlate to their chosen...
Blue Ridge Student’s Learning History, Providing Service, and Enjoying Fellowship
"Volunteers help drive our country's progress, and day in and day out, they make extraordinary sacrifices to expand promise and possibility," expressed President Obama during a proclamation. And the Blue Ridge Job Corps "Village" demonstrates that on both Martin...
Blue Ridge Job Corps Students Participate in MLK Parade
On Saturday January 14, 2017 Blue Ridge Job Corps students joined with Appalachian Peace Education Center in celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King. It began with a intergenerational forum at Charles Wesley United Methodist Church in Abingdon Virginia . The...
Blue Ridge Students Serve over 450 Families on Thanksgiving Day
Bright and early on Thanksgiving Day, ten Blue Ridge Job Corps Center students joined members of the VFW Post 4667, civic groups, town officials, area church-es, and local fire and emergency agencies at Marion First United Methodist Church to prepare “to go plates”,...
Blue Ridge Job Corps Students learn Leaderships skills, and meet National Director
November 1-4, six ambassadors from Blue Ridge Job Corps attended a leadership camp hosted by Camp Horizons. The four day camp fucused on civic duty, and it challenged all ten Job Corps present to come up with ways they could make their centers better through civic...
Blue Ridge Job Corps: Resiliency in the Face of Adversity
“Violence and abuse were a part of my life almost every day,” revealed Yamslee Vega of her powerless and devastating adolescent years. As a child, she endured a decade of long-term physical and emotional abuse. Ms. Vega was only 14 years old when she had to make the...
Blue Ridge Job Corps students receive Presidential Award for Community Service.
On Thursday September 22, 2016 38 students from Blue Ridge Job Corps received the Presidential Volunteer service Award. The award recognizes students that have earned over 100 hours of community service. Blue Ridge is fused into almost every aspect of making the world...
Blue Ridge Student making the world a better place for family member
Jasmine Randolph was driven by the need to succeed in the medical field and return home to Petersburg, VA to help her autistic brother, and with that goal in mind, Randolph joined the Blue Ridge Job Corps “Village” on June 9, 2015. Although she had a High School...
Blue Ridge Job Corps holds graduation
At 2 p.m. On Friday August 26, 2016 the 2016 Fall Commencement class entered the gymnasium to the tune of “Pomp and Circumstance” as classmates, staff and guests stood out of respect. As the graduates made it to their places, everyone remained standing for the playing...
Blue Ridge students help with Smyth County Chamber of Commerce Cookout
On August 25, 2016, eight Blue Ridge Job Corps Center students, along with Community Liaison Mike Steele, assisted with the 45th Annual Smyth County Chamber of Commerce “Town & Country BBQ.” Chamber of Commerce Sarah Beth stated “the event celebrates the...
Blue Ridge (Serrato Corp) students help local nursing Home with “Beach Bash”
On Friday August 19, 2016, 15 Blue Ridge Job Corps students along with Mike Steele BCL went to Francis Marion Manor (nursing home) to assist in a “Beach Bash” activity. From 12:30-4:30 students provided support to all the other nurses and managers as they set up for...
Blue Ridge (Serrato Corp) completer has great life story to share .
After working several dead-end jobs, Elizabeth Beachy said that she began to feel down on her luck because this cycle seemed to keep repeating itself. She wanted to launch her career, but wasn’t sure about what she wanted to do. Ms. Beachy had a cousin that had...
Blue Ridge (Serrato Corp) students assist with program to help underprivileged families
On July 27, 2016 students from the Blue Ridge Job Corps filled grocery bag with non-perishable food that will be distributed to underprivileged families. Upon receiving information from Blue Ridge Job Corps Center’ Accounting Clerk Kate Perdue, about a community...
Former graduate from Blue Ridge (Serrato Corp) continues to impress long after completing Job Corps
Gail Davis was enrolled at Blue Ridge Job Corps from 3/6/2012-2/10/2014. While at Blue Ridge she earned Gold on the National Career Readiness Certificate through the ACT Workkeys Assessment. She achieved vocational credentials in Phlebotomy, EKG Technician,...
Blue Ridge (Serrato Corp) students and staff volunteer with Remote Area Medical Clinic. Meet the Governor or Virginia.
On Friday July 22, 2016 Mike Steele (BCL) Bobby Sheets( WBL Coordinator) and three students Chaili Kelly- Jones, Florence Forrest, & Precious Johnson set forth on a mission at 3:30AM to assist with the Remote Area Medical Clinic (RAM) in Wise County. The RAM is a...
Blue Ridge (Serrato Corp) places students on paid nursing internships in the community.
Blue Ridge currently has 15 students on paid nursing internships in the community of Marion, VA. Asia Reeves, Jessica Gray, Evelyn Skinner, Tamara Rhodes, and Yasmine Mohamed are all Certified Nursing Assistants at Valley Healthcare. Angel Hill, Kiera Blackwell, and...