COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - If you are a teen and want to earn money or gain work experience this summer, you may be interested in two programs the Fountain City has to offer.
The Mayor’s Youth Summer Employment Program is for ages 16 through 24 and the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley both offer youth the opportunities to gain skills and experience needed in the workplace during their summer break.
“This can change the trajectory of their lives.”
The President and CEO of The Urban League of the River Valley in Columbus is talking about the Mayor’s Youth Summer Employment Program. The Urban League is partnering with the mayor for the program.
“For six weeks this year, we’ll be able to offer hopefully over 100 youth in this community jobs in various offices around the city,” said Tracey Mosley, President and CEO of the Urban League.
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Muscogee County youth ages 16 through 24 will get jobs at local government agencies including, elections, information technology and more. The Urban League will also teach them various skills to be successful in the workplace.
“How to communicate. How to dress. How to look someone in the eye,” said Mosley. “Those kind of soft skills that aren’t taught anywhere else.”
The program begins June 3rd and ends July 19. Participants will work 20 hours per week. They will get paid $14 per hour.
“A young man that was very passionate about photography, and so we were really able to hone on those skills, and now today he’s actually a photojournalist at Fort Moore,” said Mosley.
The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley also offers work based learning opportunities in the summer.
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“We place and match people with some local employers,” said Tavari Turner, Vice President of the programs. “Aflac has been a participant. Also Piedmont has been a participant. We even have members that work even in our administrative office.
Turner says those opportunities are targeted towards juniors and seniors in high school, but there’s also options for students as young as 13.
“What we call our YEP program where we have young people employed inside of the Boys and Girls Club,” said Turner.
Turner says along with yearlong learning, the summer programs help teens gain skills that can help them in every area of their life.
According to Turner, their work based learning opportunities are for members.
You can click here for more information about Boys and Girls Club membership.
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