JOB CORPS Joliet Job Corps students assist at Back to School Fair that serves more than 4,000 people. Student remembers when he stood in line seven years ago at the same fair for a “hand up” and now he’s volunteering to help others.
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SPEND SOME TIME AT HOMESTEAD JOB CORPS CENTER REACHING FOR THE STARS
Homestead Job Corps Center STARS program recruits volunteer speakers, tutors and mentors to assist the HJCC students. Volunteer Juanita Richburg Seon, owner of Curtain Call Unlimited, mentors HJCC Medical Records student Taquesha Miller. Ms. Seon states “the...
Northlands Job Corps Students Paint Historic Library
The Bixby Library in Vergennes, Vermont is one of the most historic public buildings in the state. Its stunning architecture has captivated visitors for a century. With a central rotunda featuring a stained glass dome overhead, it's a very impressive building. That's...
Schenck Job Corps CCC Students Join Forces with ChainFree Asheville
Last Sunday, students from Schenck Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center participated in a joint community service project with ChainFree Asheville, volunteering their time to help build fences for two chained dogs in the Asheville area. The students helped install...
Reservists partner with Homestead Job Corps to clean up community
by Senior Airman Lou Burton 482nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, FL -- Air Force Reservists and civilian employees from Homestead Air Reserve Base partnered with Homestead Job Corps to assist in a community road-side clean up on July 28,...
Pinellas County Job Corps Helping Homeless Dogs
Pinellas County Job Corps students helped at the Pinellas County Animal Shelter. Our students walked and played with the dogs and also cleaned their kennels. Pictured in the "clean kennels" are Kathrina Taylor, Erica Criswell and Lattissa Guion. Students pictured...
Curlew Job Corps CCC Partners on Green Project
The Curlew Job Corps recently completed a first phase Xerioscaping at the Tonasket Ranger District off, in Tonasket, Washington. The Curlew Job Corps Facilities Maintenance crew, instructed by James Moore, put finishing touches on the new Tonasket Ranger Station sign...
HJCC, Community service groups meet with area businesses
By Gary Alan Ruse The July 14, 2011 monthly meeting of the Cutler Bay Business Association (CBBA) was a departure from the usual presentation by business advisers, government leaders, utilities planners or political candidates. The meeting topic was community services...
Pinellas County Job Corps supports Relay for Life
Pinellas County had 60 students participate in the event over the weekend, May 13-14. We had an additional 20 students fund raise. Our center raised $1,211 for American Cancer Society.
Pinellas County Job Corps Paints at Pinellas Hope
Pinellas County Job Corps helped paint at Pinellas Hope. Pinellas Hope is our homeless shelter that is run by Catholic Charities. Pinellas County Job Corps Center has partnered with Pinellas Hope to supply volunteers on a monthly basis for projects that they need...
Schenck Job Corps Students Volunteer at DuPont State Forest
On June 18, thirteen students from Schenck Job Corps volunteered their time to help out at DuPont State Forest. Since the Maintenance Department at DuPont State Forest is currently understaffed, students from Schenck Job Corps offered their assistance. The students...
Northlands Student Gets Way Out of Her Comfort Zone
As an Urban Forestry student, Molly regularly climbs 60 feet up in trees with a chainsaw. “It’s gotten me way outside of my comfort zone,” she said. “I kind of surprised myself. I’ve grown a lot in Urban Forestry…”
Loring Job Corps Carpentry Students Participate in a Community Service Project
The Carpentry Students were asked to join a community service project to assist with completion of building and attaching a handicap ramp that was initially constructed by students/faculty at the Northern Maine Community College. It will serve an individual who has...
A Night To Remember for Homestead Job Corps Center Students and Staff
On Friday, April 29, 2011 Homestead Job Corps Center students and staff participated in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life held at Homestead Hospital. In addition to raising over $2,200 for cancer research, Homestead Job Corps Center staff and students...
Woodstock: Landscape Students Assist Local YMCA With Garden
In recognition of Global Youth Service Day, Woodstock’s Landscape students took part in a project at the Dancel Family Center Y in Ellicott City. The project, coordinated by Mrs. Bush, BCL, began on Friday, April 15, 2011 and continued throughout the week of April 18....
Pittsburgh Job Corps Mentors/Mentees Work Together on Service
The Pittsburgh Mentoring Program, under the coordination of Toni Bauer, worked on a community service project in April. Mentors and their mentees put together Easter baskets for the Children of Turtle Creek Valley Mental Health/Mental Retardation organization. On...
Northlands Job Corps Carpentry Students Clean Up Flooded City Park
“It’s community service. We like to do what we can to help the city…”
Northlands Urban Forestry Students Serve Their Community Well
“I can’t say enough good things about them,” says Rey Godard, committee member for the cemetery association. “The students do a real first-rate job…”
Denison Job Corps Fills Sand Bags
The water flowing down the Missouri River is threatening to flood thousands of acres of land and destroy homes, businesses and even entire towns. Citizens, businesses, and farmers were scrambling to protect themselves. A call for assistance to fill sand bags from...
Long Beach Job Corps Students Make the City Cleaner
Long Beach Job Corps students made the city a lot cleaner by working alongside community members from Cal Heights Clean Streets on two consecutive Thursdays and beautified a Long Beach neighborhood as part of Global Youth Service Day. On the first Thursday, 48...