For Michael Matthie, an appetite for success and a passion for the hospitality industry are taking him places. After leaving his home in Jamaica in February of 2010, Matthie came to Florida and enrolled at the Miami Job Corps Center. Here he aspired as a student of...
MJCC Twin Sisters Receive College Scholarships
College is on the horizon for twin sisters Kerry Ann and Terry Ann Talbert, as they are the fortunate recipients of scholarships from the Scholarship Assistance Foundation(SAF) affiliated with the Community Blood Centers of Florida(CBCF). Since it started in 1977, SAF...
Miami Students Compete in State Competition
With the aim of helping students succeed in a competitive global economy, SkillsUSA brings industry professionals, teachers, students and hundreds of sponsors together to innovatively support student leadership and workforce development. Its mission is focused on...
Humanitarian Event Honors MJCC Alumni
On April 21, MJCC Alumni Elijah Rivers participated in the 1st Annual Humanitarian Honors Youth Power Movement Extravaganza. The event, which was held at the Agadin Moroccan Restaurant in Adventura, commemorated special guests for making an important difference in...
“Music Under the Stars” Charitable Fundraiser
On April 20, MJCC participated in the “Music Under the Stars” Charitable Fundraiser . Held at the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Little Havana, the 5th annual event featured a silent auction, music by internationally famed musician Jose...
Miami JC Hospitality Shines at 2012 Sony Ericsson Tennis Event
Sony Ericsson Open Tennis Tournament 2012, March 19-April 1. Renowned as one of the largest and most prestigious tennis tournaments in the world, this event brings thousands of visitors from across the globe to Crandon Park Tennis Center in the tropical paradise of...
Young Ambassador Chef’s Cook for Charity!
Miami Job Corps Culinary Arts students volunteered at the Camillus Center in Downtown Miami on February 2, 2012. Camillus House is a non-profit that provides shelter, rehabilitation services and food relief to thousands of men, women and children who are poor and...
Impulsan Educación Vocacional; La Secretaria del Trabajo Federal Visitó Miami
Melissa Sanchez msanchez@elnuevoherald http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2012/02/08/1122604/impulsan-educacion-vocacional.html La secretaria del Departamento de Trabajo, Hilda Solís, estuvo en Miami el martes para promover un programa nacional de educación vocacional para...
Miami Job Corps Youth Impact City Government Project
Miami Gardens, FL On Wednesday, March 7, a premier Federal Government Job Training Program partnered with a Keep Miami Gardens Beautiful (KMGB) project for a large scale volunteer effort aimed to enhance the local environment and help beautify the city. The City of...
Youth Protect Florida Beaches; Adopt a Shoreline
The “Adopt a Shoreline Project” is a collaborative partnership between Miami Job Corps and the City of Hallandale Beach (CHB). The City is a pillar in the community for its beach clean-up initiatives. Miami Job Corps "Green Team" student volunteers, lead...
Miami Herald Press Showcases MJCC’s Residential Program
The Miami Herald Newspaper ran the article: “Job Corps Provides Training-and a Home-for Young Adults,” in the Sunday, August 7, 2011 Living & Learning –Back to School edition, pages 16 & 17. The story, in addition to magnifying the benefits of on-campus...
FL.Congress Partners with Job Corps at Miami Career Expo
63 Job Corps Students from the Miami and Homestead centers Volunteered at the Congressional Black Caucus’s Miami Job Fair on August 23. Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson, who represents Miami Gardens District 17, was the liaison for these local events supporting the...
“Viva La Familia” TV Program Spotlights Miami Job Corps Student!
A Univision family show, Viva La Familia, recently filmed a tv program at the Miami Job Corps Center. The show has a “fairy godmother” segment that makes dreams come true for needy families and people that give a lot to their community. The idea for the project was...
Young Painters from Miami Job Corps Aid Charitable Projects
In the Spring of 2011, Miami Job Corps Painting Trade students completed a 4 week long project with Neighborhood Housing Services South Florida (NHSSF). For the housing organizations "NeighborWorks Paint-Out"-campaign, the Job Corps students volunteered their time...
Police BasketBall Fundraiser Aims High at MJCC
The Miami Job Corps Center has been a proud sponsor of the Miami Gardens Police (MGPD) Basketball Team. Since the Spring of 2011, the team had on-going practices in the center’s gymnasium, and on April 14, the Battle in the Gardens Fundraiser teamed the MGPD...
Hiring Box Links Youth To Employers at Miami Job Corps
Since May 2011, the HiringBox Kiosk at the Miami Job Corps Career Center has been well utilized. This kiosk, which resembles and works like an ATM machine, benefits our young job seekers transitioning from our program. Compliments of our CIC partner, Hiring Box.com,...
Sunshine State Job Corps Centers Impact Communities & Youth
In Florida, we are proud to have 5 Job Corps centers located throughout our state located in Miami, Pinellas County, Gainesville, Homestead and Jacksonville. These Centers annually generate about $102,486,726 in local economic activity and support over 1,249 jobs...
Miami Job Corps Students Spend the Day with Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen
On June 9,the bridge between South Florida youth and US government leaders united when 4 students from Miami and Homestead Job Corps Centers met with Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen and shook hands with her prestigious visitor, former President of Honduras, Ricardo Madoro,...
Recipe For Success: Culinary Grad Launches Career With US Navy
From his younger days of cooking up a storm in his mother’s kitchen, to an honorable career as a specialized chef for the US NAVY, Louis Regus credits a U.S. Department of Labor youth program for steering him in the right direction. At a young age of 17, Regus learned...
Getting Back to Nature with F.R.I.E.N.D.S Animal Ranch
With all the upsetting news on the airwaves, good deeds like those that occur daily at F.R.I.E.N.D.S Ranch (Florida Research Institute for Equine Nurturing, Development and Safety, Inc) in Pembroke Pines, Florida may see to go unnoticed. But under the corrals and in...