JOB CORPS Painting students from Flint Genesee Job Corps were glad to paint mural outside of Calvery Church for the upcoming Vacation Bible School for small children in the community. Students are also finishing Community Garden Signs which will be place in and outside of...
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Flint Genesee Job Corps Students Assist in Construction of One Home in One Week
On June 24th, a special article was in the CPS Courier Newspaper, highlighting the carpentry students from the Flint Genesee Job Corps Center working along with the Geensee County Habitat for Humanity and various organizations during the "Blitz", the construction of...
Oconaluftee Job Corps CCC Carpentry Students Build 300′ of Boardwalk for Riparian Education
Murphy, NC – Matching a special star head bit in yet another decking screw, student Ryan Sullivan, put in the final pieces to a ‘pin wheel’ turn on a new section on the Murphy River Walk boardwalk. Designed and built on top of an old road bed, the new boardwalk will...
Earth Day clean-up
Earth Day activities were celebrated last Monday at Humphrey JCC. Minnesota is characterized by chaotic weather in the spring and the previous week had brought rainstorms and freezing weather, but our Earth Day was full of sunshine and hope for our small piece of the...
Pine Ridge Job Corps Assists US Fish and Wildlife
Pine Ridge Job Corps' Green Club in Chadron, Nebraska, assisted the US Fish and Wildlife Service in planting 8,000 Willow Trees along the Box Butte Creek, south of Hay Springs, Nebraska, on June 1st. There were over fifty students and two staff who participated with...
Little Rock Job Corps Serves “Special Needs”
Gayle Owens, Community Outreach Coordinator for Little Rock Parks and Recreation, telephoned. I would know her lovable, Southern drawl anywhere. I also knew that she usually called about community business and when she had big jobs, she called us first. Little Rock...
Rustic,Modern & Free, this is what Carl D. Perkins Job Corps carpentry instructor Ricky Yates is teaching, during one of his Green Lessons.
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Carpentry Instructor Ricky Yates, is teaching students about the environment & recycling during his Green lessons each week. But this week, Mr. Yates and his class, have been learning how to recycle wood pallets that you will normally...
DJCC Partners with The Greening of Detroit
Detroit Job Corps Center (DJCC) collaborated with The Greening of Detroit, USDA/USFS Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Data Analysis in the second phase of Dorais Park Tree Planting on Saturday, April 21, 2012. Before planting the trees, the Citizen Forester...
Where the Wild Things Are — Joliet Job Corps
Joliet Herald News runs two photos of our students volunteering at GR2012: Celebrating Sustainability, an ecology festival held May 19 at Joliet Junior College. The photos show student Darrell Conley of Memphis, Tn., trying to return a snake to its owner while it is...
New Haven Job Corps Recognized for Repairs on Rocky Neck Boardwalk
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) announced that all state parks and forests are open for the traditional Memorial Day weekend’s start to the summer season with many new features in place. At a weekend preview at Rocky Neck...
Iroquois Job Corps staff & students participate in Global Youth Service Day
The Iroquois Job Corps staff and students participated in Global Youth Service Day by volunteering at the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge and their "Spring Into Nature" event. This annual event where visitors are able to view an eagle's nest with eggs, and...
Helping Hands — Joliet Job Corps
photo and caption ran in The Herald News about Joliet Job Corps students tacking for the second year painting stencils with message "Dump No Waste Leads to River" for City of Joliet. This helps preserve the DuPage River watershed. This Job Corps also performed this...
Team Penobscot assists in Brewer Stream Cleanup Project
5/12/12 For the fourth year in a row members of the Penobscot Job Corps Academy community participated in the City of Brewer Stream Cleanup project. Nine crews totaling about 150 volunteers, including AISO Ron Drake and seven PJCA students fanned out in Brewer,...
Brunswick–Recycling
Brunswick Job Corps students helped the organization known as "Keep Brunswick-Golden Isles Beautiful " with a massive recycling effort of old electronics and paper.Several tons were collected at the local Mall parking area and disposed of by professionals.
Loring Job Corps Home Builders Institute Carpentry students assist Caribou Historical Center
Community Service A group of 5 students from Home Builders Institute in the Carpentry vocation were all selected and recommended by their instructor, Mark Brewer, who volunteered their skills and labor to the Caribou Historical Center. Mr. Joe Bouchard requested...
Go Green Week, Earth Week & Global Youth Service Days at Loring Job Corps Center very successful!
Go Green Week, Earth Week & Global Youth Service Day on LJCC was busy and a successful week during April 16th through the 22nd. Below are some of the activities that were covered and participated with community partners: •Soup Kitchen and Bread of Life – SGA and...
Electrical Charging Stations
On May 9th, four students from the carpentry and electrical 1 and 2 trades had an opportunity to shadow two Prince George’s Electrical Association (PGEA) members in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Students witnessed the installation of electrical charging stations for...
Anaconda gets hands dirty in local beautification project
Anaconda, MT--Anaconda JCCCC student volunteers got a lesson this week in proper tree planting and upkeep when they assisted local forester during Anaconda's 2012 Street Tree Project. Pictured above (L to R) students meet forester at nursery to pick up and hear the...
Watersheds
Potomac Job Corps students clocked twenty-three hours of volunteer service on May 2nd and May 3rd by supporting the Sierra Club Bay Watershed Project and Forest Heights Municipality Watershed Project. Students assisted in reversing water flows on Livingston Road in...
Little Rock Job Corps Center, Filling “Empty Bowls!”
The Little Rock Job Corps Center was asked to participate in the local Food Bank's (Community Partner) largest fundraiser. The Security Trade and their instructor, directed traffic and provided crowd control and security. In addition, the Culinary Trade and their...