JOB CORPS In a great finale to a week dedicated to health and fitness and hosted by the Jaguar Fitness Club, Charles Murray, the exercise physiologist, wellness coach and certified yoga instructor from New Lenox’s Silver Cross Hospital led a boot camp-style workout for staff...
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Gazebo Grand Opening After Summer of Construction
For several months, the Building Construction Technology and Cement students have been rehabbing the male gazebo. At the Joliet Job Corps Center, the open-air structure is an important place. Students go there to meet, chat and enjoy a little down time during the...
Learning Healthy Habits
During a health awareness event that was held on Aug. 15 and sponsored by the Joliet Jaguar Fitness Club and Heals, students were honored to have guest speaker Charles Murray, an exercise physiologist who also is a wellness coach and a certified yoga instructor at...
Joliet Job Corps Students Meet Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner
When Tremaine McKnight heard that Social Development Director Alicia Grangent was taking students to the Illinois State Fair, he decided to make the trip. After all, he’d never been to Springfield, Ill., the capital of the state, or to the fair. “I wanted to go...
Congressman Bill Foster’s Job Fair at Joliet Junior College
On Aug. 2, Human Resources Manager Charrice Miller and Human Resources Co-ordinator Filieshia Wilson participated in a job fair at Joliet Junior College that was sponsored by 11th District Congressman Bill Foster. The event was well attended by the college’s students...
Kickers T-Shirt Contest: Let’s Quit Smoking
During the first two weeks of July, students were invited to create drawings that would become a new logo for the Kickers, a group of 11 students who work with TEAP Specialist Patricia Alberty as they try to quit smoking cigarettes. The drawings were displayed in Ms....
The Y2Y “Cut It!” Challenge
Students gathered in the large auditorium on July 21 for the “Cut It!” Student Assembly. Hosted by the Y2Y Partners for Peace, the event marked the launch of a new challenge involving a spin-off of the popular hip hop song, “Cut It.” The goal of the challenge is to...
RISE Leaders Visit the Center
For the past few years, the staff of the RISE Alternative High School in Chicago Heights, Ill., have referred some students to the Joliet Job Corps Center. But they never had seen it for themselves. On Aug. 8, Principal Ken Peterson, Social Worker Tim Keene and...
Joliet Job Corps Center Attends Back-to-School Fair
Thousands of people attend the Catholic Charities annual Back-to-School Fair that’s traditionally held in Joliet during the early part of August. They come for the many wonderful items and services that are offered completely free of charge: children’s physicals,...
Students Learn Techniques to Manage Aggressive Behavior
Several student leaders and Peer Leader-ship Coordinator Thanesha Sorrells worked together on July 28 to lead a Peer-Directed Program for other students. The subject was Managing Aggressive Behavior, or MAB, a six-part training. It was designed to provide the members...
Grad 90 Students Attend Chicago Career Fair
Grad 90 students enjoyed a trip at the end of July to the Chicago Career Fair at the Chicago Congress Hotel. The students thought that the employers were very professional and friendly at each table. During the fair, they had an opportunity to speak to representatives...
Mission Possible: Joliet Job Corps Students Complete 5K to Raise Money for Homeless Shelter
Joliet Job Corps Center students know how to multi-task. On July 30, six of them raised money for a local homeless shelter while spreading the word about the program -- and they boosted their physical fitness levels at the same time. They competed in Mission:...
Teaching Students How to Manage Aggressive Behavior
At the Joliet Job Corps Center, members of the Student Government Association and the leaders of the Dorm Government recently have been participating in a training program called Managing Aggressive Behavior, or MAB. Peer Leadership Coordinator Thanesha Sorrells and...
Meeting Congressman Dan Lipinski
The Joliet Job Corps Center’s Student Ambassadors traveled to Palos Hills, Ill., on July 25 to meet congressman Dan Lipinski and his staff. The Ambassadors wanted to talk to the Congressman about the Job Corps program and their studies, so they stopped by the...
Enriching Activities After the Training Day
When the training day is over, it’s time for fellowship and fun at the Joliet Job Corps Center. The Center’s Counselors and Recreation Specialists put lots of time and effort into organizing enriching activities for the students that are really enjoyable. Sometimes...
Disabilities and the Work Force
There are businesses who want to hire workers with disabilities. The leaders of these businesses think that these workers can be just as good -- if not better -- employees as anyone else. That’s the message shared by Bill Emmett, a consultant for Tangram Business...
Grad 90 Attends Job Fair
A group of Grad 90 students dressed in their finest business attire on July 20 and set out on a job hunt. Accompanied by Career Transition staff members Candace Brown, Shenika Bradley and Cheryl Jessup, they attended the Shiloh Baptist Church’s Career Fair. The...
Cement Students Go to Work
A group of Joliet Job Corps Center Cement students set the forms and then finished the new slabs of concrete for a picnic shelter in Winthrop Harbor, Ill. It was volunteer work. They were helping Trentin Heiny, a Winthrop Harbor resident, with his Eagle Scout project...
Going Home to Visit Mayor Tim Baldermann
New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann talked recently about new projects for the village with Michael Nolan, a student at the Joliet Job Corps Center. Michael is a New Lenox resident who is a earning his high school diploma at the center while studying to become a pharmacy...
Students Volunteer at Aurora’s Feed My Starving Children
The Recreation Department took 12 students to volunteer at Feed My Starving Children on June 22. The non-profit organization and its volunteers pack boxes of meals that are distributed to hungry children in 70 countries. Before the students were able to begin their...