May 6th, 2013
[Question] Where did you grow up? [Sean] Livingston, Montana [Question] What was your childhood like? [Sean] I had an amazing childhood in one of the most beautiful places on the planet. My mother raised me and my three older brothers in a very loving and healthy environment. My family though, is a little bit out of the [...]
May 6th, 2013
13 minutes ago • By PERRY BACKUS Ravalli Republic DARBY – Sean Barrere will tell you that his life is like night and day. “Sometimes I can’t hardly believe how much I’ve changed in a year,” said the 20-year-old from Livingston. “It’s like we’re talking about two totally different people.” A little over a year [...]
April 19th, 2013
LEARNING TO BE SUPERMAN Kevin Levy was an inner-city kid with an out-of-doors dream, “I really wanted to continue to be a role model for my brothers like when we were kids. The best way for me to do that was to follow my dream of being a Fire Fighter. In order to do that, [...]
February 28th, 2013
It was a year to the month of my son David’s death when I received a call from a caseworker in Texas. She heard we were a foster and adoptive family of children with medical special needs. That was 15 years ago. They had a baby boy, almost two years of age, with severe [...]
February 19th, 2013
CLICK LINK BELOW FOR VIDEO Trapper Creek Job Corps building futures of Westfork family (NBC Montana) The federal government program offering free academic and vocational training to eligible students 16 to 24 is feeling serious cuts. That’s because the branch of the federal agency overseeing national Job Corps funding admits it mismanaged close to $100 million [...]
February 4th, 2013
“If I can not win let me at least be brave in making the attempt.” A worthy motto for all of us, but especially for the 130 athletes who participated in this year’s Winter Special Olympic Games at Lost Trail Powder Mountain, high atop the Continental Divide where Montana and Idaho meet. For 32 [...]
January 8th, 2013
“We really want to establish the ‘wellness and work’ connection with our students”, said Annemarie McCormack, Health Facility Manager, “our goal is for the students to see the clear link between work success and lifestyle choices”.
December 26th, 2012
Viewpoint: Job Corps helps valley youth land jobs December 20, 2012 8:09 pm • By Curtis Brickley According to a Pew Research Center survey, 53 percent of Americans ages 18 to 24 either live at home with their parents or moved in temporarily, due to financial hardship. Six-months ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics [...]
December 21st, 2012
Dear Staff of Trapper Creek Job Corps – I have not written in a long time. I praise your team, old and new constantly. Chris attended Trapper Creek Job Corps in 1990 and is now 38 years old, has been married for 18 years and has 2 kids, Destinee (12) & Tyler (8). He is [...]
December 21st, 2012
[LETTER] To all of the staff, teachers and everyone else at Trapper Creek Job Corps; this is a special THANK YOU and a very special Merry Christmas wish for all of you. My name is Diane and my son entered Trapper Creek Job Corps in September 2012. I had to write this letter to send [...]