On February 21, Muhlenberg Job Corps hosted its annual Community Relations Council meeting. Brian Hancock, MJCC’s new BCL, worked hard to gather some of the great community influences. Heather Melton, MJCC’s Food Service Manager, helped her staff prepare a top notch meal. Heather thought country fried steak, mashed potatoes & gravy, salad and desert would be a great way to start the council meeting. Thirty-seven attendees filled the multi-purpose room for the one hour event. Three mayors, Judge Executive, sheriff, business supervisors, along with numerous work base learning sites were in attendance. Brian said the turnout displayed how supportive the great community is for its fellow businesses, the county and for Muhlenberg Job Corps. Brian said, “Its days like this that make you very proud to have been born and raised in Muhlenberg.”

The theme of this council meeting was to share the success of MJCC through statistics and through the completed projects in the community. Brian focused on the Work Base Learning at MJCC and its importance. Brian showed that MJCC almost doubled the national average per graduates for Work Base Learning. Brian shared several projects that MJCC has done in the community. Some of these projects were one day project, while some stretched out for six months. Brian then shared the importance of Work Base Learning for the students, along with the different types, that MJCC would use to help reach and teach their students. MJCC Center Director, Peter Lafleur, stated he has been working for job corps for 38 years and this was one of the better council meeting turn out that he had been a part of. MJCC would like to thank all of the community partners for being so supportive and allowing our students to help in the community.