JOB CORPS On April 18th, Mr. Jeremy Riemersma, Northland Job Corps’ Urban Forestry Program Manager, loaded two students, personal protective equipment for all three individuals, chainsaws, gas and oil for the saws and an overnight bags in a truck and made the four hour drive...
Archive for "Green Activities"
Muhlenberg Job Corps Goes Green For Earth Day Every Day
On Thursday, April 21 Muhlenberg Job Corps students and staff spruced up the center campus in honor of Earth Day Every Day. All fourhundred students and eighty staff members took the day off from classes to roll up their sleeves to plant trees, flowers, spread mulch...
Earth Day/Everyday at Flint/Genesee Job Corps Center
A "tree planting ceremony" was held at the Flint/Genesee Job Corps Center with students, along with the Center Director and Green Committee, planting 10 Autumn Classic trees which were shipped in by Arbor Day. The Carpentry and Painting Technical trade classes...
Global Youth Service Day brings Job Corps youth to MapleCreek
by John Elmore 20. April 2011 11:00 http://www.lssm.org/blog/post/2011/04/20/Global-Youth-Service-Day-brings-Job-Corps-youth-to-MapleCreek.aspx On Friday, April 15, 2011, a group of youth from the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center in Grand Rapids participated in Global...
Up in the Trees
Some people spend their workdays seated at a desk in front of a computer screen. Grace Coon wants to spend hers 60 feet up in a tree…
Blue Ridge Job Corps Center Earth Day Celebration at Marion Primary School
The BRJC students met with Christine Hannen, Conservation Education Specialist with the Holston River SWCD last week to prepare for today's Earth Day Celebration. The BRJC students partnered with Smyth County School Board and were trained in two activities (Soil...
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center Participates in Global Youth Service Day!
Every year, the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center joins with Job Corps centers across the nation to celebrate Global Youth Service Day. This year the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center sent out roughly 100 students on Friday, April 15th to participate in community...
How Being Green Can Save You Green
Looking to save a bundle on rising energy costs while doing your part to conserve natural resources? Students from Northlands’ carpentry and facilities maintenance trades have some tips to help you do just that.
Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC students clean Moses Lake
Each year students from Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC volunteer to clean the Lake-shore surrounding Moses Lake before the lake level is raised for the summer. Twenty-five young adults worked on a Saturday morning with the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation...
Sentinel News report Whitney M Young Going Green
The WMYJCC holds a tree ceremony as exemplary to teaching its students the principles of green initiatives. Students and employees at the center planted a white dogwood in a future butterfyly garden. The tree is a KY favorite and butterfly friendly. A pathway of...
Recreation Club Replants the Community Garden
Herbs, corn, potatoes, squash, and onions are once again growing on center to become future food for both the cafeteria and the culinary arts trade. This is the third annual garden club community garden. People form all over the city of Roswell get to enjoy the...
Laredo Job Corps Out In The Community
Laredo OMT Spring 2011
Iroquois Job Corps students and staff assist the Community
A recent blood drive on the Iroquois Job Corps Center was sponsored by the American Red Cross, assisted by the Iroquois Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) students and instructors, resulting in 34 units of blood collected. Other upcoming community events include:...
Springdale Job Corps and Sauvie Island
On a small, secluded spot on an island in the middle of Portland, OR, a little piece of quiet heaven sits. Next to a beautiful organic farm sits a piece of property owned by Metro, a tri-county governance initiative. Some say it's a park. Others say it's education....
LJCC At The Local Farmers Market
Every third Saturday of the month, Laredo Main Street hosts El Centro De Laredo Farmers Market in Jarvis Plaza. Each month LJCC students under the supervision of Mr. Nemecio Duenes, Culinary Arts Instructor, provide the Laredo community with a variety of delicious...
LRJCC Kicks Off Great American Cleanup
Little Rock Job Corps Center Kicks Off Great American Cleanup Along with Keep Little Rock Beautiful on March 10th. Second annual citywide effort promoting litter pickup, community improvement. LITTLE ROCK, AR.- (March 10, 2011) Little Rock Job Corps joined Keep Little...
Long Beach Job Corps Students Green the Community
Long Beach Job Corps students volunteered their time on the first warm Saturday in March to make the community a little greener. Long Beach City Council Member Suja Lowenthal and her staff members hosted a tree planting and enlisted the help of Long Beach Job Corps...
Carl D. Perkins partners again with Operation Clean Sweep
Twenty four Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students and five staff members partnered with the Jenny Wiley State Park March 19, 2011 for the annual Operation Clean Sweep. The CDP team joined hundreds of other local volunteers to clear 16 tons of trash from the state park...
FLINT/GENESEE JOB CORPS COLLECTS CELL PHONES FOR SOILDERS
The Student Government Association (SGA) members of the Flint/Genesee Job Corps Center collected old cell phones and parts, which were refurbished for U.S. Troops stationed abroad . Over 250 old cell phones were collected from students, staff, and the community,...
Paw Law Eh Graduates from Pine Ridge Job Corps with Honors
Paw Law Eh came to Pine Ridge Job Corps two years ago. She graduated in January to begin work as a Certified Nursing Assistant/Medical Aide. Paw Law entered the program speaking virtually no English and recently obtained her High School Diploma. She was selected as...