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How Job Corps has changed my life. (1st Place Entry)
By: Jesus Perez I have been on many journeys in my life, some of which have led to a dead end. When I heard of Job Corps at an Employment Connection Office, I thought I would give it a try. I was in a point in my life where I really needed that push and break free...
How Job Corps has changed my life. (2nd Place Entry)
By: Freddie Hotz The big question everyone keeps asking is, “What has Job Corps done for me?” Honestly, the question that everyone should be asking is what does Job Corps not do for me? I mean seriously, Job Corps feeds us, gives us money for clothes, teaches us a...
College Student Continuing Her Education
Leah M. was a business/marketing major at the Community College of Allegheny County sponsored by the Pittsburgh Job Corps Center. She completed CCAC in May 2007 with a 3.7 GPA and received the Community Relations Council Christopher Evans Memorial scholarship to...
How Job Corps has changed my life. (3rd Place Entry)
How Job Corps Has Changed My Life By: Carolyn Adams Before I discovered Job Corps, my life was going downhill. I hated my job and could not survive on the money I made from it. I had flunked out of college because I was too bored to pay attention to anything I thought...
Finding Self in Selflessness
Diamond R. from McKeesport in Pittsburgh is 18 years old. Her favorite quote is "A mind is a terrible thing to waste." A year and a half ago she made a decision to keep her mind active and engaged in an educational pursuit. She was living in Brooklyn, NY and...
A much needed Retreat for the students
The Bamberg Job Corps Center had a Male and Female Retreat on Wednesday, October 20, 2010. The retreat started about 9:30 a.m. and ended around 2:30 p.m. All males, staff and students walked to the Bamberg Ness Sports Complex where they enjoyed grilled hot...
Reaching Higher with Job Corps
“Be all you can be” is a slogan of the U.S. Army and that is exactly what veteran Michael F. has done. Years after completing high school at Woodland Hills and tours of duty in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army Reserves, and the U.S. National Guard, Mr. F. was looking for a...
Keystone Job Corps Student Receives Recognition at Academic Olympics
Students and staff at the Keystone Job Corps Center congratulated Wilbert Kollie on being recognized for his "outstanding performance" at Job Corps Region II Academic Olympic competition held in Ocean City Maryland on October 6. For his effort Wilbert was awarded a...
Faces of Job Corps-Esmeralda C.
Esmeralda C. was born in Edinburg, Texas the first of her family born in the United States, she graduated from Edinburg High School in 1997 but the only prospects for employment in South Texas(the Valley having the highest unemployment rate in Texas) were minimum...
Faces of Job Corps-Amanda C.
My experience at Guthrie Job Corps has been very transforming. I came here when I was at a very low point in my life. I had no home and I was living out of my car. I ate whatever I could and certainly wasn't living up to God's expectations. When I first heard about...
Faces of Job Corps-David B.
Faces of Job Corps-David B.
David came to the Gary Job Corps Center in August 2009 from Houston, Texas. He said that "Iwas doing nothing with my life, living witrh my grandmother, I was in college and dropped out". My grandmother was looking at TV and saw the commerical about the...
Failing is Not Option for Red Rock Student
Angela Layana, Red Rock Job Corps, Lopez, PA Angela says that it was always expected of her to fail, just like everyone else she grew up with in her neighborhood. A native of Miami, Fla., little did she know how a trip to Pennsylvania and Job Corps would change her...
Faces of Job Corps: Michael P.
A native of Longview, WA, Michael had to drop out of high school at 16. While he is quick to relay what a wonderful mother he has, he was forced to support himself because his family broke up due to his abusive father. While struggling to make ends meet, a girl he...
Loosing Dad at age 7 – Job Corps Helps Student Become a Man
I believe we all have a story to tell. Unheard voices are life’s great inspiring stories that will never be heard, everyone must be heard, so this is my story, I am speaking out. The changes I’ve made in life, to better myself and to achieve the unreachable, to...
Columbia Basin Job Corps Graduate opens door for current students
Tabitha Jaques is a 2004 Graduate of the Columbia Basin JCCCC Pharmacy Tech program. Tabitha started her career at a Walgreen's Pharmacy in Everett, WA. She was offered a position in a brand new store in Kennewick, WA a few years later and when a Walgreen’s opened...
Gamer turns college Graduate at Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC
Three years ago, Jeremey Hipkins was just another 24-year-old playing video games, working dead-end jobs and going nowhere. Today, he’s got a list of qualifications as long as your arm and a bright, productive future. Like so many other successful young people,...
Faces of Job Corps: Takana T.
Takana, 21, is from Vancouver, WA. She completed the Finance & business curriculum, earning Microsoft certifications. In March 2010 she represented TPJCC students in Washington, DC at meetings with Senators Merkley and Wyden as well as Rep. Wu’s staff. She was...
Job Corps Becomes Home after 7 years of Homelessness
I had believed that success was a fallacy. That it was something society tells you to strive for in order to keep you compliant and in a state of perpetual debt. I wasn’t the most patriotic or outgoing student when I was younger. I didn’t have the common desire for...