Jacksonville Job Corps Center

The City of Jacksonville hosted it’s annual Senior Citizen Luncheon at the Wyndham Hotel in November 2012.  Hundreds of senior citizens arrived for this festive occasion.  The seniors were served by several volunteer organizations including the Jacksonville job Corps students.  Students from the CNA and MA trade volunteered for this wonderful event. Two staff members assisted the [...]

For six week staff at the Jacksonville Job Corps Center assisted students in registering to vote.  Many students who were not of age in the last election had the opportunity to register to vote in the upcoming Presidential election.  The center has a capacity of 350 students and while many of these students are registered [...]

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Students from the Jacksonville Job Corps Center have been volunteering at Dignity U Wear for over a year.  The students assist the agency with sorting and packaging new items that are donated for families in need of clothing. In April 2000, Henri Landwirth, philanthropist, founded Dignity U Wear, a non profit organization that provides brand new clothing [...]

Student and staff from the Jacksonville Job Corps Center volunteered with the Salvation Army several days for the Annual Toy Giveaway. Students organized toys for several days, the toys were separated by ages and gender for children 0-12 years of age. The volunteers organized the clothes, shoes, bicycles, games. MP3 players, skate boards, dolls and [...]

LISC Jacksonville is in the process of expanding its approach to community development by introducing EPIC Communities: Empowering People…Inspiring Change, a holistic approach to building sustainable neighborhoods that has been successful in over 30 other cities around the country. Informed and engaged residents create healthy, vibrant neighborhoods; collaborative community partners create better environments for citizens [...]

Ten Jacksonville Job Corps students participated in the city-wide Empowering Community Fair.  The Fair was held at Mount Calvary Baptist Church on Saturday, October 20, 2012.  The event was organized by Mr. Micheal Laroche-principal at Sia Tech High School. Over 50 agencies participated in this community event exposing or students, the Job Corps program and [...]

The Boselli Foundation hosted their second annual Shop with a Jock Christmas project for underprivileged children.  Volunteers were requested from the Jacksonville Job Corps Center to participate in this even.  The night started out with the students eating dinner and then engaging in story time after that the students were paired with volunteers and shopping spree [...]

Students from the Jacksonville Job Corps Center participated with the Eleventh Annual Fine Arts Scholarship Benefit Concert.  The benefit was hosted at The Times Union Center  for the performing Arts in the Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall. The student volunteered at the request of Congresswoman Corrine Brown.  They served as ushers for the hundreds of [...]

The mission of  Second Harvest North Florida is to distribute food and grocery products to hungry people and to educate the public about the causes and possible solutions to the problems of domestic hunger. Second Harvest is partnering with other local organizations to introduce Community Food Garden projects on donated parcels in food in food [...]