JOB CORPS The Charleston Job Corps Center students and staff stepped up to assist homeowners and business during the devastating WV Floods, June 2016. The floods have affected at least 1,200 homes including 500 in Roane County, Kanawaha County had 400 homes and 70 businesses...
Archive for "Community Service"
Gadsden Y2Y Members Assist Children on Community Help Day
On June 23, 2016 Ms. Akiba Canady and the Y2Y Committee members participated and provided assistance with a Community Help Day at Noccalula Falls. The committee members were paired up with over 32 children. The children rode the train, fed the animals, and played on...
Gadsden Job Corps Center Hosted Workforce Council Meeting
6.29.16 The Gadsden Job Corps Center hosted its semiannual Workforce Council Meeting on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. The attendees included city officials, community leaders, owners of local businesses, WBL employers, and state-based organizations, etc. Mr. Harold...
Red Rock Assists Food Pantry
Red Rock Job Corps Center students worked on Tuesday, July 12 assisting at the Columbia County Food Pantry at Agape in Bloomsburg. While there, students filled the food bags for distribution, and assisted with stock shelves. From left, are students, Lena O'Donnell,...
Alaska Job Corps students show that public service isn’t always a Flashy Selfie; sometimes you just have to put your boots on.
Alaska Job Corps students were doing public service, after the training day, for an elder with a goat farm. The students learned from the elder, helped with the goats and helped fix the fences. Public service isn’t always a flashy public effort. Sometimes it is just...
Carl D. Perkins builds raised garden beds for local senior living complex
Students from Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center built the raised garden beds and special raised garden beds for the residents that live at Highland Terrace a senior living community located in Prestonsburg, KY. The beds gives the residents an opportunity to have a...
Collbran Job Corps “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food”
“Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” is a program developed by the Department of Agriculture. Job Corps Centers are part of the USDA and this department wants students to understand how America is fed.
Volunteering for Special Olympics Illinois
Karissa Bearce likes to volunteer. “It makes me feel good about myself,” she said. So she went to the Homewood-Flossmoor Racquet club on June 17 with Social Development Director Alicia Grangent to lend a hand at the Special Olympics Illinois Tennis Tournament. Four...
Carl D. Perkins staff & students run 5K for local youth soccer program
Perkins students placed in the top 10 in the 5K Glow Run on Saturday evening to raise money for local youth soccer program in Prestonsburg, KY. The Soccer Program serves local youngsters ages 4-12 and is not funded only through fund raising events such as these....
ATTERBURY STUDENT MARGARET MAPLES – A CNA PORTRAIT OF SUCCESS
Margaret Maples serves as an excellent example of how diligence, coupled with a good work ethic, can prove to be the keys to unlock a successful future. Miss Maples came to our campus from her home town of Terre Haute, Indiana. Margaret chose AJCCs Certified Nursing...
ATTERBURY CENTER INDUSTRY COUNCIL – CULINARY STEALS THE SHOW
Atterbury held a Center Industry Council meeting with a select few of our Union Pre-Apprenticeship trades to discuss ways to enhance the current program, the training provided, and our goals for the coming Program Year. In attendance were Atterbury Center Director,...
INDYPENDENCE CPP CAREER PATH ROAD TRIP
IndyPendence students in CPP, (Career Preparation Period), took an off-center field trip to Ivy Tech Community College and to the local Work One office in downtown Indy to look at their options in Higher Education and to learn about the job placement services that...
Culinary Arts Students Serve As Hostesses For Senior Adults
On June 15, 2016, our Culinary Arts students, with Chef Crystal Dent, Culinary Arts Instructor, served as hostesses for the Council on Aging of Etowah County. Executive Director, Jennifer Garner, asked Chef Dent and our Culinary Arts students to help serve the 11th...
HSW Students Work With United Way of Etowah County
On June 17, 2016, Ms. Sharika Pruitt, Human Service Worker (HSW) Instructor, and eight (8) HSW students volunteered to work with Ms. Jessica Brown, Resource Development and Marketing Director for United Way of Etowah County. Ms. Pruitt and the HSW students...
Alaska Job Corps Serves at Regional Economic Development Forum
The Alaska Job Corps Culinary Arts Class and Chef Williams prepared and served the luncheon at the June 27th Economic Development Workshop, hosted by Mat Su Borough Manager John Moosey. In addition to the State Economist, there were movers and shakers from all cities,...
Kittrell Lends a Hand
On June 22, 2016, Kittrell Job Corps Center students joined community volunteers to serve lunch to the homeless and needy at ACTS Soup Kitchen in Henderson, NC.
Quarterly Community Relations Council Meeting Held
Kittrell Job Corps Center held its Quarterly Community Relations Council Meeing on June 16, 2016. The 29 attendees included city officials, law enforcement, community leaders, elected officials, local school representatives, community employees, and non-profit...
Blood Drive Nets 20 Pints
Twenty viable pints were collected on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 during Red Rock's quarterly American Red Cross blood drive. Approximately 60 individuals registered, reported an American Red Cross blood drive associate.
HSW Advanced Training Students Assist at Shelter
Human Service Worker Advanced Training Students assisted at The Gatehouse homeless shelter in Danville on Friday, June 17, helping staff organize the garage. HSW Instructor Rejena Girton reports the facility will be hosting the students more often. From left are,...
Muhlenberg JCC – MOS Team has fun with Opportunity Center
For approximately three months the Muhlenberg Job Corps Center Medical Office Support Career Pros Team (mentor program) held multiple fundraisers (jean days, candy sales, & bake sales) to raise funds so they could give back to their local community. The team...