Edison Job Corps Students Build Home for Family in Need
“We’re really excited to have this budding partnership with Job Corps.
“We’re really excited to have this budding partnership with Job Corps.
“Life before Job Corps was difficult,” Samantha says, “I didn’t know who I was.”
“It was immensely tough. It was one of the toughest things I’ve ever been through, but I’ve used it to shape me into the person that I am today.”
“They will always be very special to me, and I hope one day to be able to shake their hands.”
“This is no small feat, what you’ve done here,” he said. “This is something that you should be congratulated for. But now comes the next part.”
“Job Corps was very important to me because it gave me the opportunity to walk a new path.”
Northern Nevada employers have been offering Sierra Nevada Job Corps students excellent opportunities for paid work-based learning assignments, which gives students valuable experience. At the 2018 Burning Man event, 70,000-plus have converged on the playa in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, using thousands of bicycles to get around and visit all the art exhibits and other attractions. … Continued
In order to become successful at Job Corp, students must first leave their old habits behind. Meaning, emptying out what people thought they knew and filling their cups with new knowledge.
“In this facility, I learned how to play guitar, bass, some keyboard, and [after] two years and a half, now I can teach other people.”
“I’m really pleased to know that this Job Corps, here in Waimanalo,” adds U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, “is ranked at the very top…”