Spectrum Youth Corp

Hosted by: Spectrum Community Development Corporation

Date

Ongoing Opportunity

Time

Contact coordinator for times

Contact

Sandra Edwards
[email protected]
601-813-9420

About Spectrum Youth Corp

Volunteers are needed to help us kick off this Spectrum Youth Corp Project which recruits youth ages 16 to 24, with/without a high school diploma, and are unemployed. Youth will go through an orientation process to determine members of the Spectrum Youth Corp (SYC) and there will be a waiting list. Recruitment will occur once a year. Youth Corp members will be trained to help contractors demolish, construct, and renovate housing. Participants will have an opportunity to complete a GED and if they stay with the SYC, they will eventually be hired by Spectrum, a contractor, or some other employer, or the participant/youth may have enough expertise to become an independent contractor or business owner. All participants will not excel at construction work, but may be interested in interior design, architecture, photography, bidding and estimating, cost accounting, home inspection, community planning, management, fine arts, or music, etc., but all participants will have an opportunity to gain skills they can use to make money for their families. Unemployed youth will have an opportunity to change their lives (with help) and one day afford the homes they build. Volunteers may also be mentors for youth participants to encourage them to be their best at all times.

Application Process

Volunteers should report to the Ridgeland Office at 829 Wilson, Suite C, Ridgeland, MS 39157 beginning Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 8 a.m. Volunteers will complete a questionnaire which allows Spectrum to determine your capabilities. All volunteers and SYC participants must complete OSHA safety training before going on construction sites.


We're looking for volunteers who:

Care about:

  • Disaster Relief
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environment
  • Education
  • Poverty and Hunger
  • Youth
  • Emergency Response
  • Homelessness & Housing
  • Veterans
  • Community Advocacy

Are a skilled:

  • Professional
  • Artiste
  • Techie
  • Tradesman
  • Mentor

Are interested in:

  • Intellectual Pursuits
  • Fitness
  • Gardening
  • The Outdoors

We need volunteers to help with:

Educational Tutorial

January 3, 2017 8:00am
This task is filled or completed
Retired Teachers/Educators may provide GED Training.

Professional Career Counseling

January 3, 2017 8:00am
This task is filled or completed
Volunteer may assist SYC members and other volunteers to determine their Personal Development Plan.
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