JOB CORPS Atkins Food Pantry: For almost 10 years Blue Ridge students have had a long standing community service partnership with the Atkins food Pantry in Atkins, Virginia. The Food pantry takes place at the First church of God warehouse. Every first Monday & Tuesday of...
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Valley Health Care Hires Blue Ridge Student
Blue Ridge student Devitta Jones has been hired as a full time CNA at Valley Health Care Center. Valley Health Care Center is a long and short term care facility for adults and one of Blue Ridge Job Corps Work Based Learning partners. Devitta is a former volunteer...
Blue Ridge Student on National Website
Blue Ridge Job Corps' own Mickaala Rodriguez is the National Job Corps Website "Featured Student of the Month" for December. Mickaala, from Yorktown, Virginia, is currently doing work based learning in the Center's Security Office. She has a beutiful voice and...
Job Corps Student Earns Diploma Before Succumbing to Cancer
This week, Secretary Solis expressed heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and classmates of 18-year-old Blue Ridge Job Corps student Misladis "Milly" Almaguer who earned her high school diploma days before succumbing to cancer on Nov. 23. On medical leave for...
Blue Ridge Job Corps Highlighted in Local Newspaper for Fight Against Breast Cancer
November 10, 2011 – Bright skies and a brisk wind greeted the 38 participants in last Saturday’s Blue Ridge Job Corps “Make a Difference 5K’ sponsored by the school’s Blue Ridge Against Drugs club. Ranging in age from 7 to 69, the runners completed the 3.1 mile...
Blue Ridge Celebrates Veteran’s Day
Students gathered around local veterans for a lunchtime event to celebrate and thank the veterans for all they have done for our country. Students told the veterans of stories of how their family members have been involved with war efforts over the last 10 years of...
Blue Ridge Celebrates Make a Difference Day
Students from Blue Ridge Job Corps Center were out and about several local healthcare facilities during Make A Difference week. Students volunteers shined, as they proved their skills to the local Senior Center, Lifetme Wellness Center, Valley Healtcare, Smyth County...
Assisted Living Facility Depends on Job Corps
In a recent meeting with a local Assisted Living facility in Marion, VA, BCL, Laura lincoln, found our just how important Blue Ridge Job Corps is to one local employer. Hands of Grace Assisted Living has hired several BRJCC as CNAs and Medication Aides. ...
Blue Ridge Students Praised at Autism Group Picnic
Studying to become a nurse or medical assistant, doesn't just mean taking vital signs and blood samples. For some of our students, entering the medical field has presented other opportunities that might seem a little different than working in your average doctor...
Blue Ridge Paints Down the Groundwork for Local Artist
Smyth County News & Messenger - August 20, 2011 - Staff Writer, Dan Kegley "Painting down the Groundwork" published by Smyth County News and Messenger on Aug. 20, 2011. The article showcased BRJCC students who are volunteering on the weekends to help paint a...
Video Pushes Fitness-Job Corps Center Films It’s Version of “Let’s Move”
Smyth County News & Messenger - Dan Kegley, Staff Writer It was all quiet on the set, atleast among those seated in the bleachers. Out on the floor of Boehm Gym at Blue Ridge Job Corps Center Friday, however, students and staff, including center director Carol...
Blue Ridge Honored for Volunteer Efforts for the Fight Against Hunger in Southwest Virginia
September 16, 2011 During the Annual Luncheon for Feeding America-Southwest Virginia, Blue Ridge Job Corps Center received an award for the volunteer efforts that students have participed in over the last year. Every week, 10 Blue Ridge students travel for a day trip...
BRJCC Raises $3,000 for American Cancer Association
September 2011- Over the last several months, Blue Ridge Job Corps Student Governement Association members and other BRJCC volunteers have worked in record heat tempuratures, rain and even fosty days to raise money for the American Cancer Association in an effort to...
Blue Ridge Particiates in “Let’s Move”
Smyth County News and Messenger published an article on September 21, 2011 called "Let's Move! Into Healthy Eating Habits."The article discussed the initiative of pop star, Beyonce's partnership with First Lady Michelle Obama to create the Let's Move Flash Workout". ...
Rural Healthcare Business Continues to Hire Blue Ridge Students
Valley Healthcare, a Care-One Nursing Home Operation, recently hired to Nurse Assistant who are graduating from Blue Ridge in September. They discovered our students through the Work Base Learnign Internship Program and have continually hired students who have...
State-of-Art Hospital Hires Blue Ridge Students
For one healthcare industry in Southwest Virginia, business is booming. Mountain States Health Alliance recently opened a brand new state-of-the art hospital in Abingdon, VA. To their disappointment, they have had a very hard time finding healthcare employees who...
Blue Ridge Job Corps Group Participates in Relay for Life Triathalon
On Saturday, April 30, members of the Blue Ridge Job Corps Student Government Association participated and volunteered for the Relay for Life Triathalon event at Hungry Mother State Park. There were over 30 entries, both male and female, several whom are cancer...
Blue Ridge Job Corps Student Government Leadership Receives Press Coverage
On June 1, 2011, Smyth County News and Messenger published an articles that highlighted the Student Government Association Leadership Conference in Harrisonburg, Va. Nine other Job Corps Centers participated at the Leadership Conference at the Horizons Outdoor...
Nurse Assistants of Blue Ridge Job Corps Gain Full Time Employment
On June 9, 2011, Azia D. and Shavonna D. received unexpected job offers from their internships site, Hands of Grace Assisted Living in Marion, Va. Hands of Grace signed the internship MOU in April 2011. Shavonna and Azia were in the first group of interns to start...
Blue Ridge Job Corps Receives Wal-Mart Grant for Community Service
On May 11, 2011, Blue Ridge Job Corps received notification from the national Wal-Mart office that they received a $500.00 grant that they applied for in February 2011. The grant will be used to purchase medical supplies that will be used at local community service...