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Centralina Youth Celebrate National Youth Service Day
Several Centralina Youth Organizations participated in the celebration. I-CARE, Inc., which serves youth in Iredell and Lincoln County, held awards banquets honoring teens and agencies that work with them. I-CARE, Inc. youth also donated Easter baskets to a local daycare. The community contributed by providing various Easter toys to go in the baskets. The baskets were distributed to the children on April 8, 2004. Several agencies in Cabarrus and Rowan Counties, including Salisbury-Rowan Community Service Council, have events scheduled for May. Youth from these organizations plan to volunteer by helping senior adults learn to use the Internet. Mark your calendar now for next year's National Youth Service Day! It is scheduled for April 15-17, 2005. For more information about National Youth Service Day visit http://www.ysa.org/nysd/.
Local daycare children in Lincoln County receive Easter baskets in honor of National Youth Service Day.
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Freightliner, the Rowan JobLink Career Center, and Rowan Cabarrus Community College are working together to interview 500 people for various positions, including 3rd shift Truck Builders/Assemblers, during the month of May. The JobLink Career Center is taking applications and providing all the pre-screening assessments. To fill out an application please visit your local JobLink Career Center. For more information about positions with Freightliner please contact the Rowan County JobLink Career Center at 704. 639.7529.
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The Rowan County JobLink Career Center has 90 "Enter Here" Career videos on loan from the Rowan-Salisbury School System. The videos provide information on various careers and what type of training is needed to gain employment in that field. The videos are available to all customers through the Rowan JobLink Career Resource Center. The JobLink Career Center is very grateful to Mr. Eric Leazer, Rowan-Salisbury Schools Director of Workforce Development Education, for providing the videos. |
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Service Team Receives Award of Merit
On April 2, 2004 the Pillowtex Service Team, located at the JobLink Resource Service Center in Kannapolis, received the International Association of Workforce Professionals (IAWP) Award of Merit. The Pillowtex Service Team is made up JobLink Partners with staff including Employment Security Commission, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and other agencies. The Award of Merit recognizes outstanding service or achievement beyond normal expectations or job requirements in the workforce development field. The Award of Merit also recognizes chapter activities in this area. The Award of Merit is the highest award an IAWP member can receive from the organization. Congratulations to the team and all their hard work!  News You Can Use Upcoming Events:
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National
Youth Service Day (NYSD) was held April 16-18, 2004. National Youth Service
Day is held each year to support youth on a life-long path of service
and civic engagement, and educates the public, the media and elected officials
about the role of youth as community leaders. 
Congratulations
to the City of Salisbury! They have been honored with distinction
by receiving the 2004 Employer of Year Award from the Rowan County
JobLink Career Center. The City of Salisbury Human Resources Department
has become an excellent partner in the efforts to find employment
for the citizens of Rowan County. The City of Salisbury lists all
its external employment needs with the Rowan County JobLink Career
Center, thereby exposing the job to the greatest number of qualified
applicants. They also have an outstanding track record on hiring people
with disabilities, older workers, and military veterans. In addition
to the outstanding work with the JobLink Career Center, the City is
also involved with local schools and colleges, Rowan County United
Way, March of Dimes, Red Cross, and many other organizations and initiatives.
The City will receive the award on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at a
dinner held in their honor at the City Club of Gastonia.
May
is Older Americans Month! The 2004 theme is "Aging Well, Living
Well". To celebrate Experience Works is currently holding nominations
for N.C. Outstanding Older Worker, America's Oldest Worker, and
Outstanding Employers. For more information contact Sheila Earp
at 828.728.0200 or visit 
Invite
a representative from the Centralina Workforce Development Board.
To arrange for a speaker please visit