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Golden Gloves Opportunity

Masley Enterprises Inc. which is a relatively new company located in Wilmington, recently hired two graduates from the program. They are a glove force handwear manufacturing company. They made the committment to hire additional students once their new location is open...

Making The Season and Spirits Bright

The Wilmington Job Corps Center's student gov't association, partnered with the Kingswood Community Center to provide a "Toys For Tots" community service project for the holiday season. The SGA students solicited center staff and students to donate toys to this worthy...

Career Success Standards Celebrated

The Wilmington Job Corps Center celebrated our annual "May Day Celebration" on May 24th. The event was held on center and the purpose of the event is to incorporate the ten Career Success Standards into engaging and fun activities. Employers were on hand to discuss...

Wilmington Job Corps Center Goes Live

The center's BCL appeared on local Comcast Cable Channel 28 on April 15th. The program is called "A Better Wilmington". This was the station's debut and host Darius Brown invited the center to appear. BCL discussed admissions process, vocational and educational...

Job Corps Works

Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center knows that Job Corps works. They recently hired three graduate students to fill two dietary vacancies and one CNA opening. They have hired several of our students in the past and have experienced success.The graduates will...

Spreading Holiday Joy and Spirit

The Wilmington Job Corps Center's choir did a repeat and took their talents and giving spirit to the Wilmington Senior Center on December 9, 2011. Seven students along with three staff, took a walk to the senior center to entertain them while they enjoyed lunch.   The...

We’re Making A Difference

The Wilmington Job Corps Center partnered with the Greater Brandywine Village Revitalization, Inc. to sponsor a community coat drive. The organization is a community-based  organization, which assists and provides an improved quality of life for community inhabitants....

Make A Difference Day Made A Difference

The Wilmington Job Corps Center participated in the annual Make A Difference Day on October 28, 2011. Twenty-three students and five staff participated in the event. There were four employer partners who provided varied type projects for the students to perform. All...

Wilmington Job Corps Students On Point

Three Office Administration students along with the center's BCL, assisted the Kingswood Community Center with the registration process for participants who were part of a golf benefit for the organization. The event was held on October 4, 2011. The proceeds of the...

A Win-Win for Habitat and Wilmington Job Corps

The Wilmington Job Corps Center and Habitat for  Humanity, have partnered once again. Several Facilities Maintenance students along with their instructor, have been working with Habitat on a new project, consisting of new construction of twenty-one  town homes being...

Let’s Move Wilmington

On September 22,2011, thirty students and four staff met to rehearse and record a video from the "Let's Move" video, in support of First Lady, Michelle Obama's campaign for healthy lifestyles. Staff and students alike, were issued t-shirts with the Let's Move logo on...

The Windows of Wilmington Job Corps Center

On August 24, 2011 the  OA/CTS Director along with  one of the center's Facilities Maintenance trainees, appeared on Comcast television station WITN Channel 22"Windows On Wilmington". The show provided a venue for the student to share his successful experiences at the...

We Are Off To The Races!!!

On August 22, 2011, the Wilmington Job Corps Center 2011 Academic Olympics participants thought and fought their way to a 1st place win in the first round. There were a total of six Job Corps centers who represented Region II in the competition.  The Wilmington  team...