JOB CORPS Every month the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Culinary Arts students help sort, package, and load meals for the local Michigan Works! ACSET Community Food Truck. The meals are then delivered to seniors citizens throughout the greater Grand Rapids area and helps...
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Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center’s “Traveling Grannies” Featured on Local News!
Grand Rapids WOTV visited the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center on September 5th to film a special feature on the Center’s Traveling Grannies program. The Traveling Grandparents program, sponsored by the local Gerontology Network, places senior citizens on center to...
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Graduates 43 Students on National Commencement Day!
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center was happy to join with the 125 other Job Corps Centers across the nation, Friday, August 24th for a National Commencement Ceremony to honor the 48th Anniversary of the Job Corps Program. Job Corps was created on August 30, 1964 when...
Two Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Students Hired by Xanterra South Rim!
Two Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center students packed their belongings and moved across the country today after completing the program and accepting job positions with Xanterra South Rim L.L.C., a travel resort located in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona! The...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Students Give-Away Free Bike Helmets to Keep Kids Safe
In honor of Safety Awareness Month, the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center, in partnership with Safe Kids Greater Grand Rapids and Helen Devos Children’s Hospital, hosted a Bike Safety Day on Wednesday, June 13. Community parents were invited to bring their children,...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Security Students Help Clean-Up Local Park for Youth
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Security Trade Cadets along with their Security Trade Instructor, Mr. Alonzo Williams volunteered with the Grand Rapids Midtown Neighborhood Association to help clean-up Houseman Field’s Playground. The park and playground is often...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Student Receives a Congressional Medal of Merit!
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Office Administration student, Taisia Jambor was nominated by Center staff to receive the 2012 Congressional Medal of Merit Award from United States Congressman Justin Amash. The medal is granted to students in the Congressman’s 3rd...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Wins LINC Community Spirit Award!
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center received the Project of the Year Award as part of the 2012 LINC Community Spirit Awards. The center was recognized as being vital to the success and sustainability of our community. The Community Spirit Awards are bestowed upon...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Students Hired by Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel!
Representatives from the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island were on center February 16, 2012 to start their hiring process. The representatives interviewed students in order to select ten to work on the Island from May through October. Last week, job offers were sent to...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Student Selected for Advanced Training Program
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps student, Kelvin Pierson has been accepted to TCU Advanced Training in Minnesota. He will be training for a career in the transportation industry. Kelvin struggled with traditional high school options before coming to Job Corps. His uncle,...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Graduate Semi-Finalist in the National Oratory Competition!
Congratulations to Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center graduate Daysha Norwood for being selected as one of the 13 semi-finalists for the National Job Corps Association’s Student Oratory Competition! Daysha’s “Job Corps Works…And It Works For Me Too” speech shared how...
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Recognizes Community Supporters and Employer Partners!
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center’s Quarterly Community Relations Council Meeting was held on Wednesday, December 7th in the newly renovated 2nd Floor Lecture Hall of the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center. More than 70 people attended the event that recognized Center...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Nominates Student for the National Job Corps Oratory Competition!
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center has nominated Health Occupations Student Katrice Byrd for the National Job Corps Oratory Competition. Ms. Byrd enrolled at the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center in October of 2011 and is working towards her GED and Certified Nursing...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Culinary Arts Students Help Serve Thanksgiving Day Dinner to the Homeless
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Culinary Arts students very generously gave their time and energy on Thanksgiving Day by volunteering to help feed the homeless. The students joined with 700 other volunteers from around the area to help local homeless shelter Mel...
Speedway Hires another Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Student!
Office Administration completer and current Advanced College Training student Hassan McClain is the most recent student to land a new career with Speedway! After serving 6 weeks of un-paid Work Based Learning, Hassan was officially offered a job with the company and...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Featured on Center Page of the local Grand Rapids Times Newspaper!
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center's Make A Diffrence Day Activities were featured in the Center Page section of the local Grand Rapids Times newspaper on November 11, 2011. The article outlined the Center's Make A Difference Day Activities and included 4 pictures...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Graduate Hired By Wolverine World Wide!
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Office Administration completer, Jasmine Norton, has landed the job of her dreams. As an Account Specialist at Wolverine World Wide, she is utilizing the skills she learned at Job Corps and is happy to have finally secured stable,...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Students Participate in Special Community Project to Fight Childhood Hunger!
In honor of Make a Difference Day, Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center students spent time during their weekly mentoring groups coloring dinner sacks for local non-profit organization Kids Food Baskets. Kids Food Baskets uses the sacks to package dinners for local Grand...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Partners with Habitat for Humanity During Make A Difference Day!
During the Make A Difference Day activities, Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center students partnered with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Grand Rapids and assisted with 4 area construction projects. Facility Maintenance and Carpentry students volunteered for the day a the...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Students Assist Local Non-Profit Organization In the Image with their Mission to Help Families In Need
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Office Administration students volunteered at local non-profit organization, In the Image, during Make A Difference Day activities. In the Image links gently used clothing, housewares, furniture and appliances with families in need...