Horizons Youth Services

Cleveland Job Corps students use green thumbs for greener neighborhood

Student Ambassadors from Cleveland Job Corps Center put their green thumbs to use May 3 at the Green It Up tree-planting event in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland.  The event was organized by the Western Reserve Land Conservancy and Burten, Bell, Carr Development as a pilot project, and funded by a grant awarded to Keep Ohio Beautiful.

A number of community organizations and businesses also supported the effort.  The trees were obtained from Davey Tree Resource Group, mulch and topsoil were donated by Kurtz Bros. Inc., and the Holden Arboretum educated volunteers about the different types of trees planted.

Cleveland Job Corps Student Ambassadors who volunteered for this project were Tommie Jamie, Jasmine Lathan, Tierra Lucas, Robert Ballentine, Fashyon Carter, Robyn Townsend, Tashara Watley and Erica Gary, accompanied by Business Community Liaison Michael E. Taylor.