Experience Works!
According to Bonnie Johnson of Experience Works located at 512 4th Ave E Suite 16 in Williston, ND, “Life is full of changes! Let’s see if we can be of any help now!”
Bonnie or Galen Germundson can be reached at 701 774 9675. Candidates for the program must meet income guidelines, and be 55 or older. The training rate of pay is currently $5.85 per hour for an average of 20 hours per week. This of course, is subject to change, depending on the funds available. If you are interested in learning new skills be sure and call.
Included here are some facts of the Experience Works program taken from the website http://www.experienceworks.org.
Experience Works helps low-income seniors, many with multiple barriers to employment, get the training they need to find good jobs in their local communities.
Experience Works is a national, charitable, community-based organization. Originally named Green Thumb, and chartered in 1965 as a small, rural demonstration program, Experience Works has grown to be the nation’s leading provider of training, employment, and community service for low-income older people.
Mission: Improve the lives of older people through employment, community service and training.
Strengths:
Assisting employers to take full advantage of the talents of older workers
Helping older people who are low income or at risk of becoming low income.
Using community service as a path to employment.
Building strong relationships in local communities.
Addressing the challenges facing older people in rural America.
Beliefs:
Older people should have an opportunity to learn new skills and contribute to their community throughout their lives.
Employers who hire, train and retain older workers will be most successful.
People who are productive and active throughout their lives will have better health, increased longevity, and a more positive impact on their community.
February 1st, 2008 at 10:43 am
Dorothy, this is the best story yet! The program is doing everything we would like it to do…except provide taxi service to people who need to attend the classes!!!
I liked your ‘grandparents wanted at school’ story, too. Well done!
And thank you! Dale
February 1st, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Thanks for your kind words, Dale. I hope we can enact some change! I found a neat quote on change: Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.