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Fresh Start for Delaware Valley Student

Career Transition Staff, Dominique Vinas and Caitlin Ursini had the pleasure of stopping by Fresh Start Café in Newburgh, NY. Not only did the food smell delicious, the environment was so vibrant it could brighten up anyone’s day. There is some irony in the name of...

Citizen Preparedness Training

On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 the Security Trade was provided with Citizen Preparedness training by 1LT Brett White and 1LT Thomas Frost from the NYS National Guard. Eugene Lucchese from the NY Division of Homeland Security Emergency Services' Office of Emergency...

Search and Rescue Presentation

On Monday, June 6, 2016 the Northeast Search and Rescue team visited the Delaware Valley Job Corps Security Trade students and provided an overview on the duties of a volunteer search and rescue member to the Security Trade. They demonstrated the use of a K9, that has...

ELH Assists at Fremont Park

On Friday, April 15, Orion Darder, Counselor and Eric Possemato, ELH Trade Instructor participated in community service at the Fremont Park in Fremont Center, NY. The students cleaned, painted, raked, and did many other spring sprucing up chores as needed to prepare...

Culinary Arts Challenge

Last week, the Culinary Arts class had the challenge and privilege to prepare food for a fundraiser headed by Miss Amy Lohmann. After much planning, prepping and taste testing, the day finally arrived. During the week of April 11, the Culinary Trade prepared 350...

DVJCC Assists at Kiwanis Club Breakfast

On Sunday March 20th students from the Culinary Arts and Hotel and Lodging programs, along with Center Director Mr. LaFleur volunteered their time to help the Callicoon Kiwanis Club put on their annual Palm Sunday pancake breakfast at the Delaware Youth Center. The DV...

Outdoor Explorers

On April 1, 2016, the Delaware Valley Visionary Committee, Recreation Department and the CSIO Department sponsored an off center camping trip to camp Koinonia. A total of 22 students attended the three day camping trip participating in tent setup, proper fire pit construction and learning how to build rustic tables out of knots and twine. […]

Ground Hog Shadow Day

On Tuesday, February 2, 2016, the students teamed up with the staff to participate in Ground Hog Shadow Day. Mr. Padu, our Work Based Learning Coordinator and Mr. English, Deputy Center Director, generated and supervised what soon became a successful event. Several...

DVJCC Y2Y Students Go To Washington

In the fall of 2015, Youth 2 Youth (Y2Y) was introduced to the Job Corps Centers. Students on center got involved, staff got involved, and pledges were signed to be violence free. One of our Carpentry Students, with the help of staff, produced at Y2Y video, that we...

DVJCC Volunteers in Jeffersonville

On Saturday, October 10 & 11, twenty students volunteered in Jeffersonville, NY for their Octoberfest celebration.  The students handed out handfuls of "Holi-color" (cornstarch and food coloring) to onlookers to help color local K-6 students, worked game booths...

Eagles & Bulldogs Tip Off

Returning to the court, the Delaware Valley Eagles hosted the Oneonta Bulldogs in a matinee tip-off on October 18.  With the "excitement and energy" building even before the start of the game, the Eagles had a number of new faces on the team.  The game started with...

40th Anniversary Gala Celebrated

On October 17, 2015, students from the Culinary and Hotel /Lodging trades gathered to assist at the former Narrowsburg Central School to serve the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance at their 40th Anniversary Gala celebration.  Students began the evening by helping to...

Culinary Students Help With Annual Harvest Dinner

On October 15, 2015 twelve Culinary students traveled to the United Church of Roscoe to help serve their Annual Harvest dinner.  The dinner is a traditional turkey dinner, mashed potatoes, vegetables, stuffing and all the fixings that come along with it.  The students served all the food from the line and attended to the guests […]

Volunteering At The Callicoon Art Walk

On October 10 and 11, 2015 the Recreation staff along with ten students Volunteered  at the Callicoon Art Walk in Callicoon, NY.  The students assisted with setting up tents, moving tables, chairs, and bales of hay along with many other tasks.  Our Culinary students...

Job Corps Donates Blood

The quarterly Red Cross Blood Drive at the Delaware Valley Job Corps Center was a huge success.  With over 47 units of blood collected, and 30 additional efforts we had a total of 90 students and staff go through the donation process.  Students and staff from MOS,...