Jongie Shelton called the Charleston Job Corps and requested our students to build a tool chest in order to store her father’s tools. Shelton was told to contact the Charleston Job Corps center for assistance. Her friend was aware of the Carpentry trade being taught...
Charleston Job Corps Hosts Women’s History Program
Charleston Job Corps held a virtual Women’s History Program to honor the many achievements of West Virginia Women both past and present with the help of Julie Palas, Interim Executive Director for the West Virginia Women’s Commission. Our speaker of the hour, Mayor,...
Charleston Job Corps Alumni Journey
Yvonne Epps-Giddings, a 1969, proud graduate of the Charleston Job Corps Center, has excelled in life after graduating with her clerical trade. Ms. Giddings is currently employed at the Northern Navajo Medical Center as the Supervisor of Clinicals, Accountability and...
Charleston Job Corps, UBC and Make A Wish serve the community.
Charleston Job Corps' Carpentry Instructor, Tommy Fitzwater, along with fellow brothers of the United Brotherhood of Carpentry, partner with the Make A Wish Foundation to install a bathtub lift chair for a paralyzed individual. Brother Paul Lampkin, Lead Instructor at...
Charleston Job Corps Training Department hosts HolidayFood Drive
The Training Department at CJCC hosted a holiday canned food drive to help bring some Christmas cheer to our community. Instructors and staff brought in canned and non-perishable food items on Friday, December 18th. During Christmas week, the food items were delivered...
Charleston Job Corps Alumni Graduate – Hayden Pack
Name: Hayden Pack Year: 2020 Trade: Office Administration Certifications: Microsoft Office 2016 Specialist, IC3 Current City and State: Charleston, WV Before coming to the Charleston Job Corps, I was bouncing from job to job, mostly in food service, trying and failing...
Charleston Job Corps Students Investing in The Future
Charleston Job Corps students are aware of the importance of investing in their future. By continuing to achieve higher ESL gains, in The Adult Basic Education (TABE) forum, students are essentially providing themselves a better opportunity when pursuing their career...
Charleston Job Corps Alumni Graduate of the Month
Yasmine Mickel completed the Office Administration Trade in 2018 where she received certifications in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Excel. Mickel was enrolled in high school in Erie, Pennsylvania while caring for her ailing mother. The stress of the...
Charleston Job Corps Walks for the Cure
More than 25 Charleston Job Corps staff participated in the 3k walk along the Kanawha River in Charleston, WV, on Saturday, October, 31, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Although some staff was unable to participate in the walk, they shared their support by...
Charleston Job Corps Outreach and Admissions Counselor, Christina Hayslett, gives back in her community.
Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, the residents of the Huntington City Mission have not been permitted to leave the premises for any reason. Therefore, many have not had a haircut in at least four to five months. Christina Hayslett, OA Counselor for the Charleston Job Corps,...
Charleston Job Corps Outreach and Admissions join outreach efforts with Haircuts of Hope
Charleston Outreach and Admissions team members start the week off with Haircuts of Hope. Christina Hayslett states, " This is one of my favorite outreach efforts to date!" Christina joined by a good friend who is also a beautician, Ashley Parker, along with co-worker...
Student engagement Zoom Meeting with potential Charleston Job Corps Students
CPP instructors, Joan Williams and Abigail Ventura held a student engagement zoom meeting with potential students, on August 12th, 2020. Prior to the zoom meeting, a package containing a welcome letter, personal hand sanitizer, and a Charleston Job Corps face mask was...
Charleston Job Corps Network Cable Charleston Job Corps Students Use Time Away to Improve Skills
Charleston Job Corps students returned home on March 16th as the center joined other Job Corps centers nationwide in closing their campus to protect students and slow the spread of COVID-19. While the center closure has created hardships for many of our students and...
Charleston Job Corps Center graduate crafts career with the Air Force
Charleston Job Corps graduate Maricela Perez is now working as a Reservist in the US Air Force and as a full-time civilian employee for Aircraft Structural Maintenance at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, KS. Additionally, she works part-time at a piano repair and...
Charleston Job Corps Student Test Trade Skills
Shaney Campbell, a Charleston Job Corps student, currently studying Facilities Maintenance, decided to test her skill sets. Shaney Campbell began using her training within her mother’s home, she painted several rooms, repaired shelving, refinished furniture, and other...
Charleston Job Corps Alumni Success
James David Jackson, a 2018 healthcare graduate of Charleston Job Corps, is now working as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) on a neuroscience medical-surgical unit at the Charleston Area Medication Center. Jackson completed the Practical Nursing program at the Garnet...
Charleston Job Corps sends care package to students
The Charleston Job Corps is sending ‘Care Packages’ to students who have 100% participation in distance learning. The Career Services Department of Charleston Job Corps Center has teamed up with the Training Department in an effort to support our students. We...
Charleston Job Corps Center Counselor makes face masks to help medical personnel, veterans, and community
Charleston Job Corps Center Counselor, Wendy Malmberg makes face masks by using her sewing talent to help medical personnel, veterans, and the community."Making face masks started as a way to protect my family and my co-workers and a challenge to myself to see I could...
Charleston Job Corps Stays in Contact with All Active Students
Charleston Job Corps staff have been contacting active students since students returned home due to the pandemic. The reason for maintaining contact is to ensure student safety and to continue to express the importance of their studies. Students have been placed in...
COVID19 changes the platform of Trainings
in lieu of the COVID-19 pandemic, Charleston Job Corps Students will enter the realm of distance learning All students have been enrolled through the 'Google Suite' classroom platform and will begin distance learning effective May 11, 2020. Through distance learning,...