The Muhlenberg Job Corps Center is more than a training program. It also helps young people choose healthy lifestyles and make informed decisions about their health. The Healthy Eating Active Life Style (HEALS program) introduces students to many educational programs that will assist them in making smart life choices. 

 

	Shelby Cole of Matthew 25 AIDS Services performs confidential HIV screenings, and provides education and prevention information, free of charge, at MJCC.

In August, Matthew 25 AIDS Services Inc. staff was on center to further educate MJCC students about HIV/AIDS. Matthew 25 was developed to support, educate and help treat those infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS. The organization offers a wide range of services, including free no-needle HIV screenings, financial assistance/referral, medical care, and community education. Matthew 25 AIDS Services was created in 1996 by residents from the Henderson/Evansville area attending Zion United Church of Christ. The organization has support locations in several counties in Kentucky, including Owensboro and Henderson. During the visit at Muhlenberg Job Corps Center, Matthew 25 workers administered 96 tests.

Muhlenberg Job Corps Center Director Eric Jones has taken healthy eating and active lifestyles to a whole new level for those students who wish to obtain ultimate fitness and health.

Cross Fit at MJCC is a new six-week exercise and training program that includes exercise units three times a week with fitness homework assignments every weekend. Fourteen students have enrolled in the class, and each week the students compete to be a top 7 contender to have the opportunity to train off center every Wednesday at the P.R. Zone Cross Fitness center in Powderly, KY.

Cross Fitness students are preparing for their Military Entrance Processing Station testing, athletic scholarships, or their own personal goal of wanting to be healthy. Jones states, "The ultimate goal for the students is to reap the rewards of eating right, drinking right, training hard and sleeping well. It's important for them to realize that a healthy body can only be obtained by having a healthy and active lifestyle." Jones hopes to host a Job Corps cross fitness competition at the P.R. Zone later this season.

The Muhlenberg Job Corps would like to thank Donnie Johnson, owner/operator of the P.R. Zone, for working with our program.

Muhlenberg Job Corps Center congratulates Layne Graves, a welding instructor at the center, for being named Employee of the Month.

Graves is recognized for his extra efforts to assist maintenance with the many tasks that required a welder's touch.

	Pictured are HR Manager Ashley Knight, Welding Instructor Layne Graves and Center Director Eric Jones.

Recently, the maintenance department acquired another Scag mower that was located in Indianapolis, IN, and the only trailer the center had available to pick up the mower was a 16-foot trailer. The trailer's rear gate was too heavy for the trailer causing there to be no weight on the tongue of the trailer when it was unloaded. This situation could have been potentially dangerous if the trailer began weaving on the roadway. Graves agreed to work on the trailer to remedy the situation - not during the training day, but during his time off one Saturday. He enlisted the help of two students to professionally complete the task, providing them with some valuable hands-on job experience.

Graves said he enjoys "watching the students not only grow in their trade skills, but more importantly watching them grow in their life skills."

Graves is known for coming in during his off time to assist students in welding who wish to complete their trade at a faster pace. His willingness to sacrifice his personal time for the overall success of the center and its students is to be commended. For all these reasons and more, he is being recognized as the Employee of the Month; he is truly a team player.