JOB CORPS Kassidy Cobb, a 16 year old Muhlenberg county girl, noticed a need for cemetery preservation a couple of years ago. Kassidy, who loves her community, felt the utmost historical importance for cleaning up a few cemeteries was a good idea. She noticed a few of them were...
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Carl D.Perkins Job Corps Students enjoy Read Across America Day With Local Schools
Perkins Job Corps students read the book "Just a Snowman" to the preschoolers and led a craft activity related to the book. Assisting the students were Perkins Job Corps Reading Instructor Betty Bartlett and Math Instructor Deborah Osborne. The reading event at Porter...
Charleston Job Corps Students provide community service with Charleston Women’s Club
The Women’s Club of Charleston held its monthly General Membership Luncheon on April 3, 2019 at the clubhouse with over 50 women attending. This month the Arts & Education Committee was in charge of the meeting. Member Tia Welch, committee chair requested two...
Springdale Job Corps Center volunteers at Oregon Food Bank
Springdale Job Corps Center students spent an evening in February packing oranges and potatoes at the Oregon Food Bank. After working through a sea of produce, they learned how much of an impact their efforts had: a total of 18,406lbs of oranges and 10,027lbs of...
Springdale Job Corps Center hosts Blood Drive
Springdale Job Corps Center hosted a very successful blood drive with the American Red Cross. The student-lead drive registered 33 donors with 23 of those donating for the first time. The Red Cross collected 27 units of blood, breaking down to each donor helping up to...
Springdale Job Corps Center participates in Read Across America Day
Springdale Job Corps Center had three students volunteer for Read Across America Day at Corbett Grade School. The two-hour reading event took place February 28, 2019 and gave Springdale students the opportunity to read to five classes ranging from kindergarten to...
Muhlenberg Job Corps was ready to help the American Red Cross in its blood donation event
Muhlenberg Job Corps continuously looks forward to helping the American Red Cross with their annual blood drive to help save lives. This years’ event was no different, with the students and staff showing their support by providing assistance as well as giving blood....
Charleston Job Corps Center hosts a Fashion Show for International Women’s Day
In observance of National Women’s Day, Charleston Job Corps Center held a Women’s Fashion Show to honor the women of our center on Saturday, March 9. Area Vendors from the West Virginia’s Black Women Owned Businesses agreed to provide the clothing of which students...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Eva Morales-Andino Finds Her Passion
A work-based learning internship at an area assisted living facility has flamed a passion for the medical field in Muhlenberg Job Corps student Eva Morales-Andino. Her experience working with senior citizens at The Courtyard assisted living facility in Central City,...
Read To Lead Successful Again For the Third Year in a Row
For the third year in a row, students and staff from Muhlenberg Job Corps volunteered to make the Read to Lead event for Muhlenberg County a huge success Students set the mood for the March 1st event by dressing as Dr. Seuss characters and interacting with community...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Holds Its Spring Community Relations Council
On February 21, Muhlenberg Job Corps hosted its annual Community Relations Council meeting. Brian Hancock, MJCC’s new BCL, worked hard to gather some of the great community influences. Heather Melton, MJCC’s Food Service Manager, helped her staff prepare a top notch...
Muhlenberg County Cooperative Extension Office Invest in Muhlenberg Job Corps Students
Viola Wood, a Nutrition Education Program Assistant for Muhlenberg County Cooperative Extension office spent some time in February educating a few of the Muhlenberg Job Corps students. The program Viola presented was Kentucky Nutrition Education Program’s Healthy...
Charleston Job Corps Modern Men Volunteer for Black History Lecture Series
Charleston Job Corps Center’s “Modern Men” group have been long standing supporters of the Herbert C. Henderson’s Office of Minority Affairs. The Modern Men are pictured during the Black History Month Lecture Series of which they volunteered. This was a two weekend...
Charleston Job Corps Center Hosts Quarterly CRC Meeting Feb 26
Charleston Job Corps Center Held the first CRC Meeting of the year on February 26. The core of the meeting was to inform our Community Relations members of the Work Base Learning Program. The Community relations members were enlightened of the benefits of the...
Turner Job Corps students helping out in Cairo this week
CAIRO, Ga. (WFXL) — One group is volunteering their time to help out with debris clean-up this week.Turner Job Corps has teamed up with Sherwood Baptist Church to help the victims who are still suffering after last week’s EF-2 tornado in Cairo.Early Tuesday morning,...
Two Muhlenberg Job Corps Students Honored at Muhlenberg Board Meeting
Man Suan Lun and Samual Fangafanga presented their PowerPoint created for their Information Technology class credit. The PowerPoint was built to tell the story of their life. It explained where they came from, how they got to Muhlenberg Job Corps, what they...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Hosts 2019 Spring Graduation
Muhlenberg Job Corps held its spring graduation on February 14. Twenty-three graduates enjoyed a full gymnasium of family and friends. The event started with BCL, Brian Hancock, welcoming everyone for their attendance. Meaghan Murphy followed the welcoming by singing...
Muhlenberg Job Corps 2019 Spring Graduation Speakers Brings Great Message
On February 14th, Muhlenberg Job Corps welcomed Pastor Milburn as the Keynote Speaker for MJCC Spring 2019 Graduation. Doctor Kevin Milburn, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Greenville, delivered on how character can help lead to success. Pastor Milburn stated that...
Muhlenberg Job Corps Build Indoor Driving Sled for Hopkins Co. High School Football Team
Muhlenberg Job Corps’ welding instructors Marty Wabnitz and Eddie Albin displayed their fabricating skills by building an indoor driving sled for Hopkins County Central’s football team. When Hopkins County High School football team started looking for an indoor...
Y2Y Ambassadors Lobbys for Anti-Bullying Bill
Y2Y (Youth to Youth) Ambassadors from the Whitney Young Job Corps Center operated by Horizon Youth Services headed to Frankfort, KY to meet with Senator Whitney Westerfield. The Y2Y student ambassadors lobbied for an anti-bullying bill name Alex Law. Senator...