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Job Corps Students Step Up for National Youth Service Day
Several Home Builders Institute (HBI) Job Corps programs across the country rallied students to assist in various projects in their communities on April 21-23 in conjunction with National Youth Service Day, one of the largest service events in the country.
Youth Service Day is a program of Youth Service America (YSA) and the National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) in partnership with Parade magazine.
Following is a sampling of last month’s activities on Job Corps campuses:
- Students from the plumbing program at the Treasure Lake Job Corps Center (JCC) in Indiahoma returned to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma to help fire fighters clear away vegetation and other combustible materials in the drought-stricken area.
Previously, under the direction of instructor Chloveta Caudill, the students participated in a clean-up day effort at the refuge to help maintain its wildlife habitat. The students also worked on rough plumbing with local contractors at Habitat for Humanity homes in Lawton.
- Walt Ridgeway’s electrical students at the Inland Empire JCC in San Bernardino, Calif. spent their day at the childcare facility of the Provisional Accelerated Learning (PAL) Center. They painted playground equipment and picnic tables, cleaned up storage sheds and grounds, washed the exterior of the building and even refilled the children’s sandbox.
- In Pennsylvania, plumbing and brick masonry students and their instructors at the Red Rock JCC helped out at the Louise Briar Girl Scout Camp in Berwick. The students were invited by camp supervisor Joseph Travelpiece to help erect and repair the canvas tents used by the scouts.
Divided into groups by trade, the Red Rock students were able to assist in two other projects. The painting students went to the Irem Temple Shrine Circus office in Kingston to spackle, prime and paint peeling walls and doors, and the carpentry class replaced two dugout roofs at Benton High School.
“It was exciting to see so many students eager to participate,” said plumbing instructor Paul Drake. “I am proud that our students understand the value of serving others as well as their community. We look forward to helping out whenever we can.”
Job Corps is the nation’s oldest and largest residential education and job training program for at-risk youth. HBI trains and places more than 2,000 Job Corps students in the residential construction industry annually.
For more information on HBI’s Job Corps programs, e-mail Maria McIntyre, or call her at 800-795-7955 x 8912.
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