JOB CORPS On this year’s Thanksgiving, Whitney M. Young Jr. Job Corps Center has a few students it should be thankful for. It all started when a senior member of the cooking staff who was supposed to prepare Thanksgiving dinner had to call out of work. This meant that there was...
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Whitney M. Young student builds custom shelf for staff
There are benefits to working somewhere that teaches students crafts – just ask Sabra Shields. Shields, who serves as Whitney M. Young Job Corps Center’s Property Supervisor, needed a shelf. She asked the carpentry instructor if it was possible for the students to...
Shelter from the Storm – Job Corps student helps out
At any other time, the message that Jacob Downing (Welding) received from his family may have been innocuous. It simply asked him to take a look at the weather, as the internet was out at home. But it wasn’t just any other night. That night, Kentucky would be struck...
TLJC partners with Cherokee Nation Career Services to sponsor a CAN/COAT Drive for the local community
Talking Leaves Job Corps & CN Career Services Can/Coat Drive As the Holidays and colder weather approach, Talking Leaves Job Corps partnered with Cherokee Nation Career Services to sponsor a Can/Coat Drive for our local community. The cans were all donated to a...
NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS STUDENTS MEET CONGRESSMAN COLIN ALLRED
L-r: Bobby Myers, Javon Dalmast, Christine Sanders, Congressman Colin Allred, Kenneth Stewart, Anthony Smith, and Corey Odum The North Texas Job Corps Student Government Association Outreach Committee members participated in the Hamilton Park 34th annual Juneteenth...
Alaska Job Corps Security and Protective Services students help Iditarod dog mushers and spectators
It was a long, rewarding weekend for several Alaska Job Corps Center Security and Protective Services students who dedicated their time and effort to helping Iditarod mushers, participants, supporters and spectators at last weekend’s ceremonial start in Anchorage, as...
Alaska Job Corps students embody spirit of volunteerism and service to the community
During the last two weeks, Alaska Job Corps Center students have worked hard to serve their communities by donating their time and diligent efforts by helping homeless and impoverished people in both the Mat-Su Valley and Anchorage. While engaged in these community...
Alaska Job Corps students teach Native Youth Olympics activities to school children and Seattle Seahawks football stars at community service event
As part of the United Way of Mat-Su’s “Play 60” event held on July 12 at the Curtis Menard Sports Center, eight talented students from Alaska Job Corps demonstrated important aspects of Alaska Native culture to more than 100 children and even to two Seattle Seahawks...
Alaska Job Corps students stand up against violence at Choose Respect March
More than 50 students from the Alaska Job Corps Center walked the talk against violence in Alaska at the Choose Respect March held in Wasilla on Thursday, March 23. During the march, the students led with a “Choose Respect” banner and carried multiple posters...
GJCC Hosts Guthrie Chamber Banquet
Nearly 300 community members attended the Guthrie Chamber Banquet on Thursday, January 19, 2017.
Clearfield students volunteer & run in homeless shelter 5k
Saturday 8/13/16 RA Kareece Thompson took students Johnnie Vining, Justin Cornelius, Roberto Yong, and Evan Nabors all helped volunteer to oversee a 5k marathon to support the Young Futures Homeless Shelter in Ogden. The duties that they engaged in were keeping...
CJCC Students sweep top 3 in 5k benefit run
6 Clearfield Students participated in the 2016 Stepin for Life 5K run to benefit the Northern Utah HIV/AIDS Project this year on August 6th. Three of the students placed in the top three at the finish line at the event which began at the MTC Learning Center pavilion...
Clearfield students spend a night out against crime
Clearfield students of dorms B1 and A4 participated in a joint community service project at the Ogden National Night Out Against Crime. The services the students provided were cleaning up the free haircut area, handing out bike helmets to children, picking up trash...
Alaska Job Corps students show that public service isn’t always a Flashy Selfie; sometimes you just have to put your boots on.
Alaska Job Corps students were doing public service, after the training day, for an elder with a goat farm. The students learned from the elder, helped with the goats and helped fix the fences. Public service isn’t always a flashy public effort. Sometimes it is just...
Making Dog Toys from Recycled Materials on Mentor Wednesday
Students at the Joliet Job Corps Center have been volunteering monthly at Cache Creek Animal Rescue, but they wanted to do something more for the dogs living at the shelter. So Center Director Christine Sanchez organized a contest as a Mentor Wednesday activity. She...
Little Rock Ladies in Action Volunteer at the Arkansas Dream Center
The Ladies in Action group volunteered at the Arkansas Dream Center on March 19 to participate in one of their programs that feed the homeless. The vision of the Arkansas Dream Center is to see thousands of hurting people come to know a new life through the efforts of...
Little Rock Job Corps Security Students Raise Flag in Remembrance of Iwo Jima
The Security Trade students participated in a flag raising ceremony on Feb. 23 at Mt. Carmel Nursing Home. The ceremony was to honor the veterans with a flag folding ceremony and then the raising of the flag. The raising of the flag is symbolic of the flag being...
Little Rock Facilities Maintenance – Out in the Community
Facilities Maintenance students worked with our community outreach partner, Middlebrooks Electric, the past two weeks. Under the direction of Facilities Maintenance Instructor, Chris Moreland, our students have been working in many trade areas preparing Middlebrooks...
Joliet Job Corps Center Students Volunteer at Cache Creek Animal Rescue
Joliet Job Corps Center student know what makes a dog’s tail wag. All it takes is a little love and attention. Led by Business Community Liaison Stewart Warren, a group of students went on March 19 to Cache Creek Animal Rescue in New Lenox, Illinois, to volunteer....
Painters Practice Estimating Project at New SLATE Location
The St. Louis Job Corps Painting trade as asked to assist in a community service project by painting the old walls at the New SLATE Location at the Prince Hall Center. The first stage was to Calculate the amount of paint needed to do the project. This is a major part...