John Scates from Senator Blunt’s St. Louis District Office visited the center to meet with Regan L. Fitzgerald Director of Public Policy Adams & Associates, Inc. Mr. Scates was greeted at the front gate by Student Government Association President Wyatt...
St. Louis Job Corps CNA Students Jump into Action to Assist Elderly Woman
While on a field trip to attend the May 2012 Senior Health Fair at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, CNA students Terriona Slayton, LaMartin Franklin, Darrow Sanders, Delora Milburn, and Jasmine Westbrook jumped into action to assist one of the elderly...
Student’s Thank Congressman Clay for Annual Job Fair
St. Louis Job Corps students James Murrell (Painting) and Donnell Thomas (Culinary Arts) met with Congressman Clay at his 7th Annual Congressional Job Fair Harris-Stowe State University. The young men thanked the congressman for putting on the Annual Job Fair and...
The St. Louis Job Corps students make the Earth Move
The St. Louis Job Corps is a community team player and our students helped move Earth “Day” to boost Urban Agriculture at Your’s Inc. Urban Farm. St. Louis Job Corps students Calvin Hardy (Pharmacy Tech), Crystal Hosch (TCU), Darrow Sanders (HOT), Dyvon Wayman...
Business Tour leads to Student Hire
Several current and former St. Louis Job Corps Center Office Assistant trade students participated in job shadowing with Central Portfolio Control Debt Collections Agency in Chesterfield, Missouri. They spoke with the Vice President of Business Development, Dean...
Bringing business and networking opportunities
Bringing business and networking opportunities to our students is a priority at the St. Louis Job Corps Center. On February 23, the African-American Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis held its monthly meeting at the St. Louis Job Corps Center. Chef Kelly...
St. Louis Job Corps Helps with Hip Hop Health Initiative Garden Box Project
Hip Hop Health Initiative: Garden Box project. Students from the HBI, Carpentry, and Painting trades at the St. Louis Job Corps program helped reconstruct and paint 15 garden boxes for the Hip Hop Health Initiative program. The program is operated by David Sanders...
St. Louis Job Corps Help Matthews-Dickey Boys and Girsl Club with New Ball Fields
Matthews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club. Three Job Corps students when to help do some basic clean up of newly donated ball fields. The students spent 3 hours working on organizing materials for future services orientated projects at the 30 acre 10 ball field...
St. Louis Job Corps Students Help With Family Hospice Kids Day
St. Louis Job Corps Students participated in a Family Hospice activity day taking young people who have lost a family member through games and activities to help them cope with the loss. Activities included a Monkey Bridge, Water Balloon Toss, Three Lagged Race,...
St. Louis Job Corps Students help Conduct a Two Month Health Studey with St. Louis University
Jennings School District Health Fair: HOT students participated in a two month long health study in coordination with St. Louis University studying juvenile obesity in School. The study began at the beginning of September and concluded on October 28th. A total of...
Women take the lead in Student of the Month for the Construction Training Programs
Women take the lead in Student of the Month for the Construction Training Programs Chaylah Buntyn (Welding), LaShanequa Kimmins (Carpentry), Angel Tolliver (Plastering), and Michelle Green (Painting) all received the Student of the Month Award for their trades for...
St. Louis Job Corps Participates in the St. Louis City Department of Health First Annual
The St. Louis Job Corps participated as a partner in the St. Louis City Department of Health First Annual STL Urban Harvest Festival on November 21, 2011. The STL Urban Harvest Festival will celebrated the accomplishments made by individuals, as well as groups,...
City of Northwoods turns to the St. Louis Job Corps to replace retiring workers
City of Northwoods turns to the St. Louis Job Corps to replace retiring workers Nick Mayo and Reco Redmond from the St. Louis Job Corps Building and Apartment Maintenance HBI program where hired for a four to six week internship at the City of Northwoods maintenance...
B.T. Jones Visits the St. Louis Job Corps Center
B. T. Jones visited the St. Louis Job Corps to tour the newly completed dorms and visit with the staff and students after receiving news that MINACT retained the Center’s contract. While visiting the classrooms Mr. Jones talked with Stefan Sawick (security student),...
Honoring Our St. Louis Area Veterans
Honoring Our St. Louis Area Veterans The St. Louis Job Corp Young Professionals culinary team visited the Veteran-Residents of The Joseph Center and helped Lt Matthew A. Goetz USN set up for a Veterans’ Day Celebration. They set up the dining facility to feed the...
Partnership for a Green Community Famer’s Market
St. Louis Job Corps Center is partnering with Lincoln University to help a non-profit organization prepare a grant to fund an agro-business. Yours Inc. would use the agro-business to provide fresh vegetables and produce to food banks, and serve as a work-based...
St. Louis Job Corps Students hold main role in the St. Patrick Centers Living Skills Graduation Ceremony Oct 28th.
Erica Rogers (Office Assistant) was the Matron of Ceremonies at the October 28th graduation of the St. Patrick Center Living Skills program. Erica had the privilege of introducing several other Job Corps students who participated in the ceremony. Crystal Brown...
Radio Blast Oct 20, 2010
On October, 20, 2010, St. Louis Job Corps students, Denisia Dukes, Latoria Davis, William Erich and Marco Zagal along with staff members, Donald Thompson, former BCL, Peggy Waggoner, CT Manager, Christopher Stanley, CD Specialist and Paris Foster, CD Specialist were...
Job Corps Student returns to the St. Louis Job Corps Center as Professional Painter
Akeem Hill, a Job Corps Student returns to the St. Louis Job Corps Center not for more training but as a professional painter. Akeem is an employee of Overall Painting one of the contracting companies hired in the construction of the new dorms at the Center. ...
Make a Difference Day 2010
Make a Difference Day 2010 The St. Louis Job Corps Center participated in the Make a Difference Day activities on October 22nd. Robin Foster helped coordinated the Student Government in planning and leading our students in doing an outstanding job participating in...