GreenBuild visits Saint-Gobain Solar Install!
The cloudless sky on Monday was perfect for our latest field trip! Two YouthBuild students in the GreenBuild track - and one GreenBuild alum currently working in solar energy - visited the Saint-Gobain North American headquarters in Malvern, PA. YouthBuild students attended the ribbon-cutting for the new headquarters last fall, and since then the building has achieved [...]
Photos: Visiting Saxbys HQ!
Last week, a select group of students and alumni in our Customer Service training pipeline visited the Saxbys Headquarters in Center City. We toured the headquarters' on-site cafe, and met with Director of Operations & Hospitality Ed Doherty and CEO and Founder Nick Bayer. Saxbys has provided training and employment opportunities to YouthBuild students and alumni [...]
Celebrating 25 Years with an Open House
This school year marks YouthBuild Philly's 25th year of serving young adults! We are celebrating on the 25th of every month with a new event or announcement. This month, we held an Open House at the student-run cafe. Customer Service students in the Class of 2017 staffed their first-ever shift behind the counter serving guests, and [...]
YouthBuild Hosts Employer Roundtable
Last week YouthBuild Philly hosted our first-ever customer service employer roundtable, giving our employment partners and YouthBuild staff a forum to learn from each other about employing opportunity youth in customer service positions. In the last few years, YouthBuild has expanded vocational training to include a Customer Service Excellence Training curriculum, and developed multiple partnerships with local [...]
PHOTOS: Creating Community Space with GSK
A crew of volunteers from GSK joined forces with Advanced Construction and Green Build students at the worksite yesterday, leading to great progress at our West Rockland project . We have partnered with GSK volunteers in the Philly region for several years, and are always impressed with the work ethic, focus, and teamwork that they bring [...]
Financial Education with TD Bank
Employees and representatives from TD Bank helped YouthBuild Philly students learn about building good credit and other consumer finance topics during a day-long workshop at YouthBuild on October 4. Approximately 25 TD Bank staff came to YouthBuild Philly to show the young women in YouthBuild Philly's Business Administration Scholars program how to use the bank's new [...]
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