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...
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...
Schenck Students Team up with the City of Brevard on the Bracken Project
Since mid-January, students from Schenck Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center have teamed up with the City of Brevard on the Bracken Mountain project. Joining several other volunteers in the community, Schenck students have volunteered many weekends in an effort to...
Pittsburgh Job Corps Supports Cancer Awareness
Beads and ribbons and wire make beautiful bracelets, especially when they signify the Colors of Hope for cancer. Students on the advisory board of the Women’s Program at the Pittsburgh Job Corps spent several nights making bracelets and talking about cancer victims...
Helping at Habitat for Humanity ReStore
On Friday, October 21, 2011, the Long Beach Job Corps Industrial Painting students, accompanied by their instructor, spent the day volunteering at one of Habitat for Humanity's ReStore facilities in Norwalk, California. This was one of 4 Habitat for Humanity sites...
Students Pitch In To Educate Youth and their Parents
Forty Long Beach Job Corps students and staff members went to California State University Dominguez Hills in Carson, California to assist in preparing for the university's education fair, one of the largest educational events in California. The students took part in...
Boys and Girls Club Sparkles with the Help of Neighbors
Dozens of students from the Long Beach Job Corps Center walked a block away to their Make A Difference Day site with 3 of their respective academic instructors on October 21, 2011. The project at hand involved cleaning the Freeman E. Fairfield Boys and Girls Club....
What a Difference A Day Makes
Long Beach Job Corps students and staff members conducted a neighborhood street cleanup and beautification project on Cota Avenue, Technology Place, and Santa Fe Avenue in Long Beach, California as one of several Make a Difference Day Projects on October 21,...
Long Beach Job Corps Students Help New Community Partner
Mr. Ronnie Schaffer, Long Beach Job Corps Center's Automotive Instructor, took students to the American Gold Star Manor in Long Beach, California to perform a clean up and storage activity that will make room for a needed medical screening room. The project was one of...
Long Beach Job Corps Students Use Creative Talent to Cheer Up Miller Children’s Hospital Patients
On Friday, October 21, 2011, 3 classes of Long Beach Job Corps students assembled together in one big room and used their creativity to cheer up local children who are patients at Miller Children's Hospital. The students strategically chose colorful beads and strung...
A Time To Give Back-Global Youth Service Day at Wilmington Job Corps
The Wilmington Job Corps Center participated in the National Job Corps Global Youth Service Day Event on May 6, 2011. Thirty-three students along with three staff provided 102 volunteer hours of community service. Four employers partnered with the center to create a...
Long Beach Job Corps Students Green the Community
Long Beach Job Corps students volunteered their time on the first warm Saturday in March to make the community a little greener. Long Beach City Council Member Suja Lowenthal and her staff members hosted a tree planting and enlisted the help of Long Beach Job Corps...
Wilmington Job Corps Students Help Make the Season Bright
Eleven Wilmington Job Corps Center students along with the center's Student Personnel Officer, assisted in decorating the Wilmington Greater Brandywine Village community on November 30th. They assisted with the tree decorating and posted garland and ribbons along...