JOB CORPS Finding simple solutions to reducing food waste can be the best. The Center decided to eliminate the use of trays in an effort to reduce food waste. When students have a tray to fill with food, they’ll do just that. And more often than not, students realize their eyes...
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The Cafeteria Goes Green
April 22nd marks the anniversary of Earth Day which began in 1970. In honor of this day, TIJCC implemented a new system designed to save water and ultimately save the environment. We decided to eliminate food trays with hopes of minimizing food waste, the loss of...
Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center recycles 12,000 lbs of e-wast for Global Youth Service Day!
In honor of Global Youth Service Day, the students and staff of the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center all joined together for the morning of April 26th and volunteered at local non-profit e-recycling organization Comprenew. Comprewnew is a free community electronics...
Old Dominion Job Corps Center’s Green Team Believes in “Earth Day Every Day”
Students at Old Dominion deserve recognition for working in the cold to recycle cardboard boxes on Center.
Woodstock: Former Student Daniel Oakes Is Just Warming Up
Daniel Oakes, a former Woodstock Security student, is now traveling all over fighting fires. Daniel first came to Woodstock from Virginia on December 1, 2009. He completed his Security trade and in October 2011 transferred to the Schenck Job Corps Civilian...
Hard Trade Students Work with Habitat for Humanity
Four new homes are coming up in the city of Flint with the assistance of students in the painting, masonry, and carpentry hard trade training programs, working alongside the Habitat for Humanity. The new homes, which are high energy efficient, will be rated for...
Alaska Job Corps Chef Wins National Contest at Washington DC Nutrition Summit
Margie Shay, Alaska Job Corps Food Service Supervisor from Lazy Mountain, joined other Job Corps chefs from across the country in the nation’s capital food competition. The chefs were part of the second annual "Job Corps’ Top Chefs: Creating Healthy and Nutritious...
Harnessing Wind Energy with Alaska Job Corps
Jonathan Austin is a 20 year old Electrical student at the Alaska Job Corps Center. He has been enrolled for 60 days and is nearly full-time in the trade. He hails from Anchorage, where he attended Bartlett High School. His hobbies are reading, writing, exercising,...
Curlew Job Corps CCC Partners on Green Project
The Curlew Job Corps recently completed a first phase Xerioscaping at the Tonasket Ranger District off, in Tonasket, Washington. The Curlew Job Corps Facilities Maintenance crew, instructed by James Moore, put finishing touches on the new Tonasket Ranger Station sign...
Eco-friendly fun with Joliet Job Corps
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GReat Fun: Eco-friendly Event for Family Coming to Joliet Job Corps
Joliet Job Corps partners with community agencies to host eco-friendly festival.
Woodstock: Landscape Students Assist Local YMCA With Garden
In recognition of Global Youth Service Day, Woodstock’s Landscape students took part in a project at the Dancel Family Center Y in Ellicott City. The project, coordinated by Mrs. Bush, BCL, began on Friday, April 15, 2011 and continued throughout the week of April 18....
SOLV-ing Watershed Issues with Springdale Job Corps
SOLV – ing Watershed Issues with Springdale Job Corps June 7th, 2011 Oregonians sure love their wilderness. We have strict urban growth boundaries, spend every second we can soaking up rain, sun and snow outdoors and volunteer like it is going out of style (more...
How Being Green Can Save You Green
Looking to save a bundle on rising energy costs while doing your part to conserve natural resources? Students from Northlands’ carpentry and facilities maintenance trades have some tips to help you do just that.
Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC students clean Moses Lake
Each year students from Columbia Basin Job Corps CCC volunteer to clean the Lake-shore surrounding Moses Lake before the lake level is raised for the summer. Twenty-five young adults worked on a Saturday morning with the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation...
Alaska Job Corps Center partners with Regional Recycle Facility
Alaska Job Corps students were part of the ribbon cutting of the new $6.5 million dollar regional recycling facility in the Matanuska Susitna Borough of Alaska. Alaska Job Corps Culinary Arts students decorated, prepared and served the four large sheet cakes for the...
Treasure Island Job Corp’s Urban Farm- An Introduction
Greetings from the Treasure Island Job Corps Center Urban Farm Coordinator! I’m so happy to be here and incredibly excited about what we’re going to accomplish together in the form of this Urban Farm. An amazing vision and some great designs were already waiting for...
Barranquitas Job Corps Academy – Camuy River Caverns Field Trip
On August 18, 2010 a group of 39 students and staff from Barranquitas Job Corps Academy (BJCA) went to a magnificent field trip to one of the biggest and more appreciated natural resources in the island of Puerto Rico, Las Cavernas del Río Camuy. It’s located on the...
Barranquitas Job Corps Academy – Green Community Activity
Twenty-eight Barranquitas Job Corps students, the Facilities and Maintenance Instructor, the Science Teacher and the Mountain Explorer President participated in a big planting project for the School of the Community of “El Llanos” at Aibonito, PR. The students...
Callicoon Railroad Station gets the “Job Corps” makeover
Delaware Valley Job Corps Carpentry trade students under the direction of instructor Tom Baudendistel, repainted and did light carpentry work at the local train station as part of the “Callicoon Railroad Station Beautification Project”. While the station is currently...