JOB CORPS April 25th, 2013 SJCC held there annual Earth Day event today, staff and students participated in planting trees, flowers and put down bart in flower beds through out the center. All staff and students had Earth Day everyday T-shirts on as everyone participated in a...
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Anaconda JCCCC’s Jr. Garden Club and Green Committee Come Together for Global Youth Service Day
ANACONDA, MT--Anaconda JCCCC cares about its natural surroundings on Center and beyond. The Junior Garden Club and the Green Committee are two separate options for students with an interest in environmental issues and health. Each group is guided by one staff and...
Springdale Celebrates Earth Month in April
Springdale students and staff didn’t just celebrate Earth Day, they celebrated April as Earth Month! Although Springdale’s “Green Team” is active on center all year round, the team took April as an opportunity for education and outreach on center and in the community...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center recycles 12,000 lbs of e-wast for Global Youth Service Day!
In honor of Global Youth Service Day, the students and staff of the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center all joined together for the morning of April 26th and volunteered at local non-profit e-recycling organization Comprenew. Comprewnew is a free community electronics...
Charleston Job Corps Center celebrates Earth Day, April 22, 2013
The Charleston Job Corps Center (CJCC) operating under Horizons Youth Services (HYS) celebrated Earth Day, April 22, 2013 and during the week of April 22-26, 2013. The Center kicked off activities with a student and staff assembly that featured information regarding...
Oconaluftee Job Corps CCC Assists 800 Acre Prescribed Burn
Almond, NC - The U.S. Forest Service conducted a prescribed burn April 10th, 2013 on about 800 acres in the Cheoah Ranger District, Nantahala National Forest. Students from the Oconaluftee Job Corps CCC Forestry Conservation and Wildland Firefighting program were on...
Ancient Order of Hibernians Thanks Anaconda JCCCC Student Government Association
Clearfield Job Corps Goes Smoke Free in 2013
Beginning January 1, 2013, Clearfield Job Corps will implement a campus-wide tobacco ban. Clearfield Job Corps staff members have been tobacco free since July 1, 2011. The tobacco restriction will now extend to all 1,120 students who attend the technical training...
Flint Genesee Job Corps Students – Learning and Serving
A special article was in the newspaper, Flint-Our Community Our Voice, while serving their community while learning to paint as a vocation. Students painted a mural on the barn of Calvary Lutheran Church - "Come Grow With Us". One student explained "I used to be one...
Flint Genesee Job Corps Students Make a Difference in the Community
A special article was in the CPS Courier Newspaper of Flint Genesee Job Corps students giving back to the community in a big way by participating in the Make a Difference Day event, assisting 13 organizations to include big Brothers Bib Sisters of greater Flint,...
Job Corps’ Utah ‘Cool School’
The Clearfield Job Corps Center in Clearfield, Utah, was selected as the "Cool School of The Week" by local television channel Fox-13. The TV station's morning show featured the school in eight segments and highlighted the school's cooking, welding, electrical and...
Iroquois Job Corps students with Nature Explore Classroom
The Iroquois Job Corps brick and carpentry students assisted with the building of the first upstate Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom at the Alexander Central School, Alexander, NY. Project elements included installation of 1,000 feet of stone pathway, 250 feet of...
Milwaukee Job Corps Center Utilizes Innovative Teaching Methods
GED students from the Milwaukee Job Corps Center participated in hatching baby chicks in the classroom. After consulting with HVAC instructors and students, the class built an incubator using a lamp kit, foam cooler, PC fan, and a re-purposed cell phone charger. The...
NOLA Electrical Students Team with Habitat to Make a Difference
Five New Orleans Job Corps Center Electrical students teamed with AmeriCorps volunteers from across the country to help build a Habitat for Humanity home in the Carrollton section of the city. The project was one of six Make a Difference Day activities the Center...
Springdale Job Corps Gives Back to the Community
Springdale Job Corps students made a difference to their communities in September. Approximately 20 students participated in two service learning projects over the weekend of September 1st and 2nd. . Students volunteered with the Oregon Humane Society, and also...
JOB CORPS WORKS FOR COMMUNITY
Fourteen Alaska Job Corps students arrived at the Birchtree Charter School on a misty Friday morning. Each student was geared up with hard hats and safety boots. As they filed off the bus, they were uncomfortable. This was a busy and unfamiliar place. The...
Iroquois Job Corps Students assist with Alexander Outdoor Classroom
The Iroquois Job Corps brick and carpentry students have assisted the Alexander, NY Central School in building the first certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom in upstate New York. Iroquois students assisted with the installation of 1,000 feet of stone pathways,...
Conservation Corps and Loring Job Corps Students in Cement Masonry combine efforts.
The Maine Conservation Corps (MCC) field team requested assistance in projects that were being done in Aroostook County. The outreach Coordinator and volunteer, Sarah Kilch Gaffney stated that MCC completes projects on the Appalachian Trail, State Parks and several...
Philadelphia Job Corps Explores Tri-Green Program
Susan Shaffer, Tri-Green Outreach Coordinator in a meeting today explains to stakeholders the Tri-Green Certificate Program: “FREE” Pre-Apprenticeship. The program is a non-traditional partnership between organized labor, employers, and the public and private...
Junkyard Golf at Springdale Job Corps
On Friday, June 28th, Springdale Job Corps students and staff held their annual “Junkyard Golf” day – a celebration of recycling, art, and fun. Students and staff were tasked with the job of turning the campus into “putt putt” golf style green, but the catch was they...