Horizons Youth Services

Charleston Job Corps celebrates Global Youth Services Day

On April 11, Charleston Job Corps Center joined an estimated 2 million young people participating in Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) activities nationwide. This year, students and staff focused on fire prevention.

Students Sharis Purnell, Arielle Davenport, Donneica Johnson, Adam Lee, Audrey Liggins IV, Jaleel Shabazz, William Waters-Shorter, and Abia White, along with Business Community Liaison Tia Welch, partnered with Heather Foster, Regional Volunteer Service Director for American Red Cross –WV Region. The students canvassed neighborhoods in Dunbar, W.Va., to distribute fire prevention information to residents.

"GYSD is an important day for students at the Charleston Job Corps Center to join youth across the country to give back to the local community," said Welch.

The American Red Cross-Regional CEO Erica Mani, shared tips on fire prevention. "The most effective way to protect yourself and your home from fire is to identify and remove fire hazards. Sixty-five percent of home fire deaths occur in homes with no working smoke alarms. During a home fire, working smoke alarms and a fire escape plan that has been practiced regularly can save lives."

Pictured, left to right are, first row: Abia White, Ms. Heather Foster, Sharis Purnell; Second Row: Donneice Johnson, Audrey Liggins, Adam Lee, William Waters-Shorter, Jaleel Shabazz, and Arielle Davenport.