JOB CORPS There are benefits to working somewhere that teaches students crafts – just ask Sabra Shields. Shields, who serves as Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center’s Property Supervisor, needed a shelf. She asked the carpentry instructor if it was possible for the students to...
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Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center gets a whole lot greener
It’s starting to look a bit more colorful on the Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center campus. Thanks to a beautification project coordinated by our Project Happiness committee, flowers and trees have been planted all around the campus. “We knew that we needed to do some...
Down to Earth continued…
There is nothing more gratifying, than getting "Down to Earth" bringing forth new life. New growth. To grow flowers to beautify our surroundings. Or grow food to eat. Today, our very own, Ms. Laureano gathered a group of 3 students, who had the awesome opportunity to...
Center Director and BCL get caught…
On Wednesday night, during the Social Skills Training, durring closed dorms, Ms. Espada and Ms. Williams, CD, got caught practicing "random acts of kindness" on behalf of The SPOT. A Youth Empowerment Organization. Who gifted each student a nice bag of hygiene...
Shout out…
Big "Shout Out" is merited. And goes out to our very own, Center Director. Ms Cathy Williams, who ever so graciously, stopped in her tracks to rescue Ms. Espada, BCL, aka ""Abuela" and taking over, driving this huge mobile cart. Jam packed with "hygiene products"...
Cleveland Job Corps rekindles community engagement…
Cleveland Job Corps Center (CJCC) very own Sabrena Cottrell, " shows up and shows out" at the Food Strong Care-A-Van May Fitness month. Hosted @ Coit Rd. Cleveland's Farmers Market. On a Saturday. We were received by the community with huge enthusiasm, as we...
Kittrell JCC Supports Henderson Optimist Club Fundraiser
May 2, 2022, Kittrell JCC joined the community to assist the Henderson Optimist Club with its Annual 220 Seafood Fundraiser. Joan Robinson, CTR/WBL joined other volunteers to prepare plates for distribution through the drive-thru and deliveries. There were more than...
Whitney M. Young hosts Take Back the Night walk
On most Wednesday nights, Whitney students would be tidying their dorms for general inspection. But it was not most Wednesday nights. Whitney M. Young hosted its Take Back the Night Walk Wednesday evening, as students and staff marched around the campus to raise...
Community Council Meeting – CJCC announces “We are Open”!
Our Community Relations Council meeting was successful today. Great "movers & shakers" were in attendance. Well represented. The guest, students, and staff's enthusiasm was amazing. Our Deputy Director presented a visual tour of our campus/Center, awakening...
Kittrell JCC Celebrate Earth Day
On April 23, 2022, Kittrell Job Corps Center joined the community to assist the City of Henderson City with its 2022 Community-wide Spring Litter Sweep/Earth Day event in Henderson. Kittrell Job Corps Center CTR/WBL Coordinator, Joan Robinson, students, and community...
“Down to Earth”…
Down to Earth....at EC Grows Community Gardens. Preparing the grounds... Promising new beginnings for our Cleveland Job Corps Center; as the Garden community, prepares to welcome our students. In 2020 staff volunteered to step in and do the gardening as students...
Students and Staff at Flint Genesee Job Corps Raise $500 for Autism Awareness Day
Students and staff at the Flint Genesee Job Corps loved giving back to the community to share and create more awareness of various events and needs the week of March 28th. To recognize Autism Awareness Day, the Diversity Committee challenged both students and...
Kittrell Job Corps Center Supports Loaves and Fishes
On March 8th, Kittrell Job Corps Center CTR/WBL Coordinator along with its Community Relations Council member, joined the community to prepare and distribute food boxes for low income families at Loaves and Fishes. Over 200 families benefited from this event.
Flint Genesee Job Corps Students Assist the Homeless
After hearing about the increase in the homeless being served at Catholic Charities of Genesee and Shiawassee Counties, students wanted to help anyway they could. Because of the overflow. Catholic Charities turned their chapel into a place where the homeless can...
Fred G Acosta Job Corps Center Read to Lead
Students from Fred G Acosta Job Corps Center participated in Read to Lead and read books at Pueblo Gardens Elementary K-8 School. Moise.Igomokelo.2
Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center begins first-of-its-kind partnership with NAMI
Whitney M. Young Job Corps is about to make history. The center has an on-campus group affiliated with the National Alliance on Mental Illness – one unlike anything seen at Job Corps before. Amy Worthington (LCSW), Whitney’s mental health consultant, said that the...
Pegasus Pillow Company (Denmark, SC) Donates over 350 pillow for staff and students to BJCC
It's Great To Learn In Comfort!!!!!!!! A local pillow company in the city of Denmark, SC 7 miles outside of Bamberg, SC donated over 350 comfortable pillows to staff and students. Staff and students were really grateful for the pillows. Company's HR Denise Robinson...
Job Corps Attends SC Works Career Fair On The Campus Of Denmark Technical College, SC
Bamberg Job Corps Human Resources Director, Latresia Wesley and Admission Counselor, Joseph Taylor shares scholarship and career opportunities with local students and citizens of the community. There were over 30 vendors participated.
Across the country, Whitney M. Young graduate Burdine has helped out
You may have seen Jay Burdine all around the country. During his interview, he was in Mississippi. Before that, he was in Kentucky, helping clean up damage from the recent tornado disaster. And even before that, he was in Hawaii. As an Americorps member, he’s seen a...
“Never Give Up Never Quit”
Never Give Up Never Quit...and become a RAKTIVIST. What is a RAKTIVIST and what does a RAKTIVIST do? Simple. We randomly spread HOPE and "get caught" providing Random Acts of Kindness. Encouraging others to never give up and never quit. This month of February,...