JOB CORPS The Veteran’s Day Luncheon for this year was held on Wednesday in the Community Center Ballroom and was well attended by staff and students. Roger Felix organized a well received and inspirational program together with the Honor Guard. All staff and students who have...
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Clearfield Job Corps Honors Veterans
Clearfield Job Corps Culinary arts students baked and delivered fresh cookies to the resident Veterans of the George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home to say thanks and spend some time visiting with the residents. Cookies were given out at the weekly Wii Bowling...
Perkins Students and Staff Take Part in 2010 Make A Difference Day
A total of 175 Perkins students and 12 staff members volunteered for numerous community service projects throughout a four-county area as part of this year’s Annual Make A Difference Day. The projects took place during the week of Oct. 23. The activities included...
Perkins Students Assist in Pike County Flood Relief Efforts
Over 70 Carl D. Perkins Job Corps male and female students have been working for over two month in Pikeville, Kentucky to assist people displaced by the July 17 flash flood in Pike County areas. All of the construction Career Technical Training Programs at the center...
Student Success Story: Gerald R. Ford Student’s Inspirational Story Lands Her a Career Start!
Student Success Story: Gerald R. Ford Student’s Inspirational Story Lands Her a Career Start! Rachelle Martin, dropped out of high school her senior year due to being bullied by a group of female students. “I was scared” Rachelle states, “so I just didn’t go back.” ...
Sierra Nevada JCC & Kiwanis Club Hold Community Halloween Carnival
Students at Sierra Nevada Job Corps Center participated in the center's 12th annual Halloween Carnival for Make a Difference Day on October 23. The free event, held at O'Brien Middle School in partnership with the Downtown Sparks Kiwanis Club, featured carnival...
Old Dominion Staff Donates Food to Local Food Bank
Monroe, VA – From October 11 through October 29, 2010 Old Dominion Job Corps Center Staff collected 336 pounds of non-perishable food to be donated to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network. The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network serves the City of Lynchburg and five...
Homestead Job Corps Center participates in Veteran’s Day Parade
The Veteran’s Day Parade has been a Homestead, FL tradition since 1946. In addition to over thirty Homestead Job Corps Center students and staff, there were many ROTC and Junior ROTC units plus the VFW and American Legion. A total of sixty units took part in this...
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Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Celebrates Make a Difference Week!
In honor of Make A Difference Day, the students and staff at the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center participated in Make A Difference Week! To maximize students and staff participation, and have the greater affect on the community, a whole week is dedicated to giving...
Homestead and Miami Job Corps Centers join America’s largest day of service
On Friday, October 22, 2010, in honor of Make A Difference Day, Homestead Job Corps Center and Miami Job Corps Center will be collaborating with Roots In The City, led by Dr. Marvin Dunn, in a beautification service project for the Overtown community. Roots In The...
Faces of Job Corps: Isaac R.
Isaac grew up as an only child raised by his father, and went from living in his car to becoming an employed role model for Long Beach Job Corps students, his fellow college students, and community members. Isaac R. enrolled at the Long Beach Job Corps Center and:...
Woodland JC – Red Cross Blood Drive
Woodland Job Corps Center students and staff stepped up to assist in the American Red Cross Blood Drive. Over 40 potential donors showed up Monday, June 21st. The Red Cross supplies approximately 45% of the nation's supply and we are proud to have our students and...
Woodland Job Corps at Youth Summit 2010
Woodland Job Corps Culinary Arts student and SGA President, Benjamin Bell promoted Job Corps during the Youth Summit 2010 "Summer Madness, On the Edge", on Thursday, July 22nd at the Sheraton Hotel in Columbia, MD. Benjamin was able to speak to youth and adults about...
Old Dominion Students volunteer for Humaine Society
Friday, August 6 , 2010, Cameron B. , Jeanette C., Devon L., Novina K., Montez T., and Shirika L. volunteered at the Amherst County Humane Society. They moved items to a location to be sold at a Rummage Sale to raise money for the animals at the shelter. On Saturday,...
Pittsburgh Logs 135 Hours of Community Service
It has been a grand week for community service in Pittsburgh! PJCC was represented at the Jerry Lewis MD Labor Day Telethon with eight students and two staff: BCL and Ms. Tuwuanna Coward, Residential Coordinator. Several students worked in the mail room while...
Pine Ridge Job Corps Works on Community Project
Students from the Cement Mason and Craft Laborers Career Technical Trades of the Pine Ridge Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center, Chadron, Nebraska, poured concrete footings to a dog kennel for the city of Hemingford, Nebraska on August 6th. The Cement Mason...
Callicoon Railroad Station gets the “Job Corps” makeover
Delaware Valley Job Corps Carpentry trade students under the direction of instructor Tom Baudendistel, repainted and did light carpentry work at the local train station as part of the “Callicoon Railroad Station Beautification Project”. While the station is currently...