JOB CORPS The ARRA funding created remarkable opportunities for Potomac Job Corps Center in Washington DC to enhance the ability to help young people and change lives. During the past 18 months Potomac Center received over $6 million of the ARRA funding allocated for the...
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Callicoon Railroad Station gets the “Job Corps” makeover
Delaware Valley Job Corps Carpentry trade students under the direction of instructor Tom Baudendistel, repainted and did light carpentry work at the local train station as part of the “Callicoon Railroad Station Beautification Project”. While the station is currently...
Delaware Valley Job Corps students volunteer at local hospital
Catskill Regional Medical Center’s (CRMC) Grover M. Hermann Hospital in Callicoon, NY announced today that it has created a walking trail on its scenic grounds for public use. CRMC partnered with the Delaware Valley Job Corps to create the trail, and offers members of...
TJCC’s Green Team Supports Economic Development Efforts
The Macgregor Golf Company closed its doors and left Albany 15 months ago, but the old building remained full contents. Today, September 1, 2010, the building stands cleaned out. Volunteers from the Turner Job Corps Center worked this week to clean out Macgregor’s...
Learning and Growing goes hand in hand at the Potomac Job Corps Center
Many people are realizing that global warming, pollution, preservatives, and even the food we eat can cause our bodies damage. Potomac Job Corps Center decided to fight this predicament by promoting healthy eating to students by growing and consuming fresh vegetables...
Learning and Growing goes hand in hand at the Potomac Job Corps Center
Many people are realizing that global warming, pollution, preservatives, and even the food we eat can cause our bodies damage. Potomac Job Corps Center decided to fight this predicament by promoting healthy eating to students by growing and consuming fresh vegetables...
Jacksonville Job Corps Volunteers on Earth Day Every Day
Students and staff from Jacksonville Job Corps, implemented a green project that gave the volunteers an opportunity to learn the importance of making green decisions that will reduce the long-term impact on the environment. One of the activities the students worked on...
Blue Ridge Community Garden
On April 22, 2010, Blue Ridge Job Corps Center partnered with community organizations to establish the community garden and plant the first seeds. Pending the success of the garden, students plan to reap the benefits by supplying vegetables and herbs to our...
Springdale Job Corps Trains on Water-Based Paint
Springdale Job Corps offers Green Technology. In the rush to become green, Springdale Job Corps has taken a huge leap forward and embraced cutting edge technology in the Auto Body Collision Repair and Refinishing training program. Springdale JCC was recently awarded a...
Earth Hour
The staff and students participated in Earth Hour on March 27, 2010. We turned the lights off for three hours, from the recreation center to the dorms for a Lights-out Party. We had a cookout and various recreational activities including board games, all illuminated...
New Haven Job Corps Develops Community Garden
New Haven Job Corps in partnership with ACES (Area Cooperative Education Services), have begun developing a local community garden to be shared by the Center and the local community. This garden will be used to grow flowers, produce, and vegetables. This produce is...
Harpers Ferry Job Corps’ Community Garden
A community garden was organized and named as the "People's Garden" by United States Department of Agriculture on the Harpers Ferry Job Corps Center campus. The ground breaking of the garden was featured in the local newspaper, The Spirit of Jefferson. Members of...
Monique Pilie’s Amazing Journey Leads Her Back to New Orleans Job Corps
One of the casualties of Hurricane Katrina was the loss of over 100,000 trees including most of the City of New Orleans beautiful magnolias and majestic live oaks. Monique Pilie, a former New Orleans Job Corps Center employee, felt a need to do something about this...
Gary Job Corps: Go Green Cars
The Gary Job Corps Center in line with MTC's "Goals to Green" initiative has 4 electric cars to be utilized by the Maintenance, Recreation, and MIS Departments. Purchased through the use of ARRA funding, these green cars will create less of a carbon footprint than...
Global Youth Service Day: Denison Job Corps
The students at Denison Job Corps Center focused on helping their surrounding community on Global Youth Service Day. Several of the parks and recreation areas of the surrounding community were in desperate need of some rehabilitation and clean up. Painters of the...
Earth Day at Columbia Basin Job Corps
The students at Columbia Basin Job Corps organized a service learning project for Earth Day that was helpful to the community and educational for the students. The City of Moses Lake storm drains empty to the lake. The students and staff of Columbia Basin helped...
Global Youth Service Day: Collbran
Global Youth Service Day was a very productive day around the Collbran Job Corps Center. Collbran Job Corps students participated with several members of the city of Collbran, including city council members and employees of the State Highway Department. There main...
Atlanta Job Corps Students Keep Atlanta Clean
Atlanta Job Corps Center students are going green by keeping the city of Atlanta clean. The AJCC contacted the Atlanta Mayor's office and was awarded the green light to adopt both exits of US Interstate 20 Martin Luther King exit to keep them free from trash and...
Going Green at Cassadaga Job Corps
Recycling began on campus with no-sort recycling vendor. Many of the students from Cassadaga Job Corps Center were involved with the planning and implementation of this popular recycling program on the campus. There has been a very enthusiastic response from...
The Greening of Wolf Creek Job Corps Center
At Wolf Creek Job Corps, a program titled “The Greening of Wolf Creek Job Corps Center — Teaching Our Youth to Care for the Land,” inspired changes. “Job Corps created a center garden, constructed a recycling center, reduced waste by making sound purchasing decisions,...