JOB CORPS Chris A. a student at the Keystone Job Corps Center received a $500 Life Share Scholarship from the American Red Cross to apply towards his college expenses. His selection was based on his grade point average, contributions to center activities and recommendations...
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Keystone Job Corps LPN Program Meeting Local Needs
Graduates of the Keystone Job Corps Center's licensed practical nursing (LPN) program are getting jobs and advancing their careers. The LPN program which began in 2003, has graduated seventy students with the next class scheduled to graduate on August 31st. Jen C....
Keystone Job Corps Students Help Honor Veterans
Keystone students were delighted to help honor World War II veterans at the Miners' Village in Eckley, PA on July 16 and 17. Students volunteered to direct guests and participants to parking as well as the many weekend events. The celebration included military...
Keystone Job Corps Contributes to Cancer Society
Students and staff of the Keystone Center were recognized by the American Cancer Society for their participation in the organization's recent "Relay for Life" campaign. This marks the sixth straight year the center has conducted fundraisers for their fight against...
Keystone Job Corps Center Hosts Blood Drive
Partnering with the American Red Cross for the third time thus far in 2011, students and staff concluded another successful blood drive on campus. Sixty seven first time donors contributed to the eighty nine total units collected. Five students from the center's...
Keystone Job Corps Students Runners Up at Iron Chef Competition
A four person team from the Keystone Job Corps Center placed second overall in a recent culinary arts competition held at Cape May Community College in Atlantic City, NJ. The students placed in eight categories; winning three first place, three second place and two...
Keystone Students Prepare for Culinary Expo
Four of Keystone Job Corps' finest culinary students are preparing to compete in the 24th annual Iron Chef competition. This year's event will be held at the Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing, New Jersey during the week of June 13th. The students will...
Keystone Debuts New Dining Hall
The modernization of the Keystone Job Corps Center's campus continued with a dining hall dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony on May 20th. Several local as well as DOL and MTC officials along with dozens of community supporters assembled to make the occasion...
Keystone Students Raise Funds for Helping Hands
On April 28th, Keystone student government representatives donated $380 to the local chapter of the Helping Hands Society. "Helping Hands a non-profit organization serves special needs children and their families through education and therapeutic services." The...
Keystone Graduate Grows Into Role at Nuclear Site
T never imagined that a casual conversation with a stranger on a street in Philadelphia would lead to a career, but it did. The meeting resulted in him enrolling at the Keystone Job Corps Center studying network cabling and electrical. Graduating he was hired by...
Keystone Blood Drive
On April 12th the Keystone Job Corps Center in partnership with the American Red Cross successfully completed its second of five blood drives scheduled in 2011. Students and staff contributed a total of 89 units. Included in that number were 48 first time donors. ...
Keystone Contributes to Cancer Society
Raising a total of $501, students in the center's health care programs coordinated Keystone's 15th annual American Cancer Society's Daffodil Day initiative. Staff supporting the effort received daffodils in appreciation of their contribution. "As the first flower...
Keystone Student Seizes Opportunity
L.H. knew he had ability, but couldn't seem to get his life together. That changed in December 2009, when he enrolled in Job Corps. Residing in the nearby community of Stroudsburg, he entered the program with a clear vision of his future. His goal was to join the...
Keystone Continues Red Cross Relationship
The Keystone Job Corps Center reaffirmed its commitment to the American Red Cross completing its first of five planned 2011 blood drives. In spite of inclement weather, the center's first drive netted 76 units. Keystone intends to surpass last years 519 total, an...
Keystone hosts Leadership’s Cultural Program
The Keystone Job Corps Center was the setting for Leadership Hazleton's recent session "Cultural Threads-Our Global Tapestry." Leadership's three programs which include Junior Leadership, Leadership Hazleton and Silver Leadership along with student government...
Keystone Observes Dr. Martin Luther King Day
Keystone students and staff joined together on Monday, January 17th to celebrate the life of Dr. King. Some of the activities included: Jeopardy, a game to challenge the contestents' knowledge of events in Dr. King's life; tie-dyeing, to identify his emphasis on...
Students Finds Opportunity at Keystone
Kelsy P arrived at the Keystone Job Corps Center in March 2010 from Moon, a small town outside of Pittsburgh. Prior to her arrival she was working at a coffeee shop; had dropped out of school and was having difficulty paying her bills. Finding out about Job Corps...
Keystone Graduates Practicle Nurses
The Keystone Job Corps Center graduated sixteen practical nursing (PN) students in December. Katherine Kaby Anselmi, Associate Dean of Nursing at Drexel University honored the graduates as the events keynote speaker. Following the ceremony the center's culinary...
Keystone Red Cross Blood Drive
The Keystone Job Corps concluded its year long commitment to the American Red Cross with its fifth and final blood drive of 2010. The November drive netted an additional 91 units for a grand total of 519 for the year. Jacqueline Dercole, Manager of Blood Services...
RED RIBBON WEEK OBSERVED
In observance of "Red Ribbon Week" the Keystone Job Corps conducted an all center assembly Thursday, October 28th. Bill, a local resident presented a very moving discussion to students and staff regarding his battle with addiction and its affect on his life. In...