JOB CORPS Five New Orleans Job Corps Center Electrical students teamed with AmeriCorps volunteers from across the country to help build a Habitat for Humanity home in the Carrollton section of the city. The project was one of six Make a Difference Day activities the Center...
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NOLA Job Corps and Team Happy Tour Louisiana Supreme Court
New Orleans Job Corps Center student president Durand Harris said his recent field trip to the Louisiana State Supreme Court has inspired him to learn more about two areas he has always had a passion for: public service and government. Durand and his student...
Making A Difference in New Orleans: Medical Trainees Visit the Elderly
Traynae Dawkins, a New Orleans Job Corps Center HOT student, said visiting the elderly at Woldenberg Village Retirement Center this week made her day. "I talked to a lady- Ms. Cox- and she was so happy to see me. She was so happy to see young people taking time to...
New Orleans Job Corps Culinary Students Feed the Poor a Local Fave
Chef Simone Victoria's New Orleans Job Corps Culinary class served up a local favorite- red beans and rice- to 150 poor and homeless as part of Make a Difference Day activities at St. Jude Community Center near the city's French Quarter on Friday. Creole Jambalaya,...
Secretary Solis Highlights New Orleans Job Corps in Speech at Xavier University
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor Hilda L. Solis addressed New Orleans educators, non-profit executives and business leaders regarding grant opportunities available to the local community for workforce training and development. Secretary Solis delivered her...
NOLA Job Corps Culinary Graduate India Love Appears on WDSU-TV
New Orleans Job Corps Center Culinary graduate India Love told WDSU-TV weekend news anchor LaTonya Norton that young people should "try job corps. You'll never go wrong. You have to want it to have it and there are people at (New Orleans Job Corps) willing to help...
NOLA Job Corps Students Giving the Gift of Life
By Randy Savoie, BCL New Orleans Job Corps and The Blood Center of Louisiana recently teamed on a blood drive that exceeded the goal of 40 pints of blood as students were inspired to give the "gift of life" for many different reasons. CMA student Durand Harris said he...
NOLA Job Corps Students Featured on WVUE-TV Fox 8; Hurricane Isaac Cleanup
Twenty New Orleans Job Corps students and staffers assisted in the cleanup of homes flooded by Hurricane Isaac on Friday. The homes were located in LaPlace, Louisiana- a subdivision located 45 minutes west of New Orleans. Water levels rose to two feet in the homes on...
NOLA BCL Addresses New Orleans Rotary Club at Harrah’s
BCL Randy Savoie told the New Orleans Rotary Club that Job Corps is "providing students with a game-plan for life and placing them in a position to succeed." Savoie was the Rotary Club's guest speaker recently at Harrah's Hotel and Casino Resort located in downtown...
New Orleans’ Eddie Addison Named NJCA Grad of the Week
Republished from NJCA Facebook Page: Job Corps Graduate of the Week by The National Job Corps Association on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 1:06pm • In honor of Job Corps' 2012 National Commencement day in August, the NJCA interviewed a Job Corps graduate who has...
A Dramatic Comeback: Louisiana Exec Talks About His Rise to Success in New Orleans
By Randy Savoie, BCL Jacob Johnson, Executive Director of the Health Education Authority of Louisiana (HEAL) for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, told New Orleans Job Corps Center students, "You are destined to do great things in life. You can be a...
NOLA Job Corps Students Tour World-Class WWII Museum
Ms. Aliza Falgout's New Summit/High School diploma class described the World War II film moderated by Tom Hanks as "tight." That's modern parlance for "two thumbs up." The cinematic experience tells the tale of the Greatest Generation’s journey from Pearl Harbor into...
Frank Johnson Is in the Construction Biz, Building Lives in New Orleans
By Randy Savoie, BCL Frank Johnson is in the construction business. Except, he doesn't build buildings. He is in the business of transforming lives. Johnson is the owner of Courtesy Grows LLC, an organization that offers a life skills training program that reinforces...
Taste of the Town: New Orleans Talkin’ Culinary on the Radio
“In sports, you hear coaches talk about “Just put us in a position to win. We’re trying to take young people from low-income backgrounds and put them in a position to succeed – to win in life,” New Orleans BCL Randy Savoie told Kevin Fitzwilliam Saturday morining on WGSO Radio. “When you place these students around the Susan Spicers of the world (Executive Chef at Bayona), you’re giving them the chance to succeed.”
NOLA Students Volunteer at Zurich Golf Classic
They say golf is “a good walked spoiled” but for Job Corps students it was more like a relaxing walk in the park this week at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans…
“Going Green” in NOLA: New Orleans Hosts Green Fair
By Randy Savoie New Orleans Job Corps Center medical trainee Jessica Flores says she has always been interested in the environment and last week's Green Fair just made her more passionate about "Going Green" "I've always been interested in the environment," says...
Medical Students Volunteer at New Orleans Health Fair
By Randy Savoie, BCL New Orleans Job Corps Center medical trainees volunteered at the Healthy Start New Orleans "Celebrate Healthy Babies" event on Tuesday at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Medical Office Support, Clinical Medical Assistant and Health...
Pilot of the Airwaves: New Orleans on the Radio
In an Easter Sunday rebroadcast of a recent interview, BCL Randy Savoie highligted student success stories and talked about future employment opportunities for the Center's trainees on WYLD-FM's Sunday Journal with Hal Clark. WYLD-FM is the city's #1 Arbitron-rated...
New Orleans Culinary Chef Victoria Featured on #1 Rated WWL-TV
“Of course I had my Job Corps chef coat on and I had a chance to tell them all about our program,” said Chef Victoria. “Eric Paulsen, the show’s co-anchor, wanted to do a couple of cooking lessons as well and he thought it was great that we have such an excellent vocational training program for disadvantaged youth here in New Orleans.”
New Orleans Job Corps Featured on Entercom’s WWL Radio
New Orleans Job Corps BCL Randy Savoie talked about the Center's penchant for bringing in mentors and motivational speakers to "impress on our young people the importance of building relationships" in 30 minutes of taped interview with Entercom Radio's Monica Pierre....