JOB CORPS Each year students from Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC volunteer to clean the Lake-shore surrounding Moses Lake before the lake level is raised for the summer. Twenty-five young adults worked on a Saturday morning with the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation...
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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...
Carl D. Perkins partners again with Operation Clean Sweep
Twenty four Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students and five staff members partnered with the Jenny Wiley State Park March 19, 2011 for the annual Operation Clean Sweep. The CDP team joined hundreds of other local volunteers to clear 16 tons of trash from the state park...
Pittsburgh Job Corps Lays Wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
It was a bitter cold day in Washington, DC in February, but that did not curtail the decision to visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery. Andy Pope, Military Preparation instructor at the Pittsburgh Job Corps Center, and Army Staff Sergeant Chris...
Painting Students Provide Service for Sturgis Community Center
Over the past several years, Boxelder Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center has completed various service projects for the Sturgis Community Center in Sturgis, SD, from painting interiors throughout most of the building to constructing a sauna. Currently, students...
Loring Job Corps Student wins “Northern Star 2011” solo singer competition hosted by Aroostook United Way
United Way of Aroostook Northern Star Overall Winner, one our own student's DaShawn Russell! The overall winner of the Northern Star proudly presented by United Way of Aroostook was selected by the audience on Sunday afternoon. Over 830 packed the Caribou Performing...
Groundhog Job Shadow Day
Over 350 students from the Clearfield Job Corps Center had the opportunity to visit with several local businesses during National Groundhog Job Shadow Week this year. Eight Health Occupations students rode along with three local fire and ambulance crews on emergency...
Boxelder Students Race Outhouse, Support Cause
On Saturday, February 26th, five Boxelder Job Corps students laced up their boots and began preparing themselves for the grueling competetion awaiting them. While four of them would be pushing and pulling, the fifth would be strapping himself to a toilet seat with a...
Loring Job Corps Assist American Red Cross Office Move
On January 26, 2011 News Release published in the local community, portion of "COUNTY RED CROSS OFFICE MOVES TO NEW CARIBOU FACILITY". The Aroostook County Branch office of the Pine Tree Chapter of the American Red Cross has moved into new and larger quarters in...
Sneddon HOF Winterfest
The Sneddon-Hof Winter Fest, a German celebration, held annually at the Weber County Fairgrounds in Ogden on January 14 and 15. The festival was established in 1987 to help perpetuate Ogden's sister city relationship with Hof, Germany and includes music, dancing,...
Alaska Job Corps Carpentry Students come through in an Alaskan Emergency
Alaska Job Corps Carpentry students are starting emergency dog shelter construction, due to a huge influx of malnourished dogs at the Mat Su Animal Control Shelter. On Tuesday over 150 dogs were rescued from abhorrent conditions in Willow, Alaska. Early Wednesday...
Habitat for Humanity thanks Columbia Basin Job Corps
It takes many people to build a home. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Moses Lake is finishing up on the 10th home for a deserving family and it wouldn’t happen without the hard work of Columbia Basin Job Corps.
Old Dominion JCC “Makes A Difference” in the Community
Monroe, VA – On Saturday, October 23, 2010, Old Dominion Job Corps Center joined an estimated four million people participating simultaneously in Make a Difference Day activities nationwide by volunteering at the Fall Festival events sponsored by Amherst County...
Oconaluftee JCCCC Completes Massive Trail Project with Local US Forest Service
“This is the biggest field experience I’ve ever had in my life” said Travis Johnson as he hauled load after load of lumber down the steep stairs to the trail maintenance site. “I’ve done a few things here and there but nothing that helps so many people like this.”...
Oconaluftee JCCCC Partners With Local Rotary
Imagine replacing a weekly meeting by donning boots, vests, gloves and heading into the weeds. That’s exactly what six Cherokee Rotary members did in a major effort to improve and restore their community in September. To kick-off their inaugural Adpot-a-Highway litter...
Iroquois Job Corps Adopts-a-Family
The Iroquois Job Corps Center family (students and staff) adopted a local family for the holidays. Through a community outreach program of Community Action of Orleans and Genesee Counties, over 75 local families were provided assistance. This year the Iroquois...
Make a Difference Day 2010
Make a Difference Day 2010 The St. Louis Job Corps Center participated in the Make a Difference Day activities on October 22nd. Robin Foster helped coordinated the Student Government in planning and leading our students in doing an outstanding job participating in...
Delaware Valley Job Corps takes first place at chili cook-off!
More than 1,ooo people tasted then voted the Delaware Valley Job Corps Center's (DVJCC) Culinary Program as the winner of the eighth annual Chili Cook-off Contest held at the Harvest Festival at Bethel Woods on Sun. 10/10/10. This was a very prestigious award for the...
Masonry Students at Loring Job Corps Annual Fundraiser for local children and families.
The Cement Masonry class will be doing their annual holiday fund raiser where they raise money to by gifts for needy children and families in the “County”. For those of you that aren’t familiar, this is how it works; Staff members can select a beautiful acid stained...
Sierra Nevada Job Corps Cares for Its Community!
This past November, Sierra Nevada Job Corps Center (SNJCC) students donated 35 boxes of clothing and blankets to the Good Shepherd's Clothing Closet. The students collected items for one month before donating them to the nonprofit organization that provides free...