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Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC
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Meet Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC Carpentry Student
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From Homeless to Homeowner
Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC carpentry students recently attended a home dedication for Habitat for Humanties 11th home in Moses Lake, WA. The single father thanked the Job Corps students for helping build his home. "Everyday I came to the see the progress on the...
Job Corps Welders start work at Genie Industries
Genie Industries recently hired 4 Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC graduates after a rigorous pre-employment written and physical welding test. 17 Job Corps Alumni have been hired since January 2012 through Aerotek for Genie Industries.
HeadStart and Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC students Move their Body!
Let’s Move! promoted by students of the Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC to the preschoolers at Grant County HeadStart.
Let’s Move! Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC
Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC Let's Move! The students, staff and even the Mayor of Moses Lake, WA join in on the Let's Move! intitiative to promote youth fitness!
Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC partner with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Moses Lake for 11th house
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Seventeen Columbia Basin Job Corps students joined with students across the country in a national commencement day.
Moses Lake Mayor Jon Lane echoed Bedard-Agu, challenging the graduates to pursue their goals, dream big and have a plan.
Lane closed by saying the Job Corps is an important part of Moses Lake, and he is thrilled by what is going on in Moses Lake.
Along with the national commencement, the Job Corps opened its new 136-bed dormitory at the facility. Students will be moving into the $7.3 million building, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to make room for Air Force personnel.
Moses Lake gets ‘Taste of Home’
Byron Cabit, Tawana Bloodsaw, Chad Leibelt and Kris McCord, students at Moses Lake Job Corps (Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC), assisted Larson with food preparation for the show.
Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC students clean Moses Lake
Each year students from Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC volunteer to clean the Lake-shore surrounding Moses Lake before the lake level is raised for the summer. Twenty-five young adults worked on a Saturday morning with the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation...
Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC Advanced Training Students achieve honors
Upon completing the basic program, Job Corps students can apply for Advanced Career Training (ACT). Students attending Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC ACT -College program achieved recognition on the honor roll as follows: President’s List (Quarterly GPAs of 3.75 or...
Habitat for Humanity thanks Columbia Basin Job Corps
It takes many people to build a home. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Moses Lake is finishing up on the 10th home for a deserving family and it wouldn’t happen without the hard work of Columbia Basin Job Corps.
Christopher would recommend Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC to Everyone!
The first time Christopher came to Job Corps, his stay didn’t last. “I blew out both ACLs in my left knee and had to go home for surgery. I was eighteen.” Three years later, he came back for a second round and this time, he was more focused on success. “I have a...
Sarah becomes a CNA, earns her GED and goes to College thanks to Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC.
Sarah is no stranger to broken bones. She shattered the growth plates in both her ankles on two different occasions, broke her nose and several fingers. She also has a keen interest in photography. So when she had the opportunity to job shadow an X-ray technician at...
Landon receives career training at Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC
When Hurricane Katrina hit the ninth ward of New Orleans five years ago, Landon was right in its path. “Katrina hit us first,” he remembers. “There was twenty-five feet of water. We were on top of apartment roofs. There was no light. No drinking water. You made do.”...
Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC has made it possible for Lavinia.
A year ago, Lavinia was working seventy hours a week. She didn’t have anytime to spend with her daughter and wasn’t happy. She knew things couldn’t continue the way they were, but she didn’t have any idea how to change them. She’d heard about Job Corps, but not a...
Columbia Basin Job Corps Graduate opens door for current students
Tabitha Jaques is a 2004 Graduate of the Columbia Basin JCCCC Pharmacy Tech program. Tabitha started her career at a Walgreen's Pharmacy in Everett, WA. She was offered a position in a brand new store in Kennewick, WA a few years later and when a Walgreen’s opened...
Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC improve conditions for USDA-Forest Service fire fighters
The Facility Maintenance Students traveled to Lake Wenatchee to repair housing owned by the USDA-Forest Service. The houses overlook the lake and are used to house fire crews working or traveling through the area. After long days of fighting fires the crews...
Gamer turns college Graduate at Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC
Three years ago, Jeremey Hipkins was just another 24-year-old playing video games, working dead-end jobs and going nowhere. Today, he’s got a list of qualifications as long as your arm and a bright, productive future. Like so many other successful young people,...