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Give a young person an opportunity, and you can make a lifetime’s worth of difference – and strengthen the local workforce too.
That’s the double goal of Gelberg Signs. The group works with Covenant House Washington, a nonprofit organization which
provides support and training to help young adults avoid poverty and homelessness. Gelberg offers four-week paid internships for youth to enhance skills learned at Covenant House – followed by an opportunity to join the company full-time. |
WINNERS' WORDS:
“Covenant House of Washington has a great training program teaching kids basic carpentry, electrical work ... trade skills they can take anywhere. We hire them for the internship, and often we hire them full-time afterward – we’ve gotten 12 employees that way so far. If we don’t have an opening, they can put us on their resume as a reference. These kids are dependable and have a work ethic – they realize this is their chance for a career.”
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