Service Politics Success at Recycle North!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
The Service Politics Institute just completed another successful service project in Chittenden County! On February 17, 2008 over 20 volunteers came out to the Recycle North retail center in Burlington to paint the facilities and perform general maintenance around the store. Participants included Burlington City Council members Ed Adrian and Clarence Davis. The service day gave participants the opportunity to familiarize themselves with Recycle North's 3-part mission of poverty relief, waste reduction, and job training and also discuss the legislative challenges the organization encounters on a day to day basis.
Sunday's policy discussion touched on a number of pertinent issues, from waste reduction to affordable housing to unemployment. The Councilors explained how the Burlington City Council relates to the State and Federal governments and discussed the difficulties of acquiring the necessary funding to support local organization like Recycle North and its subsidiary programs.
The YouthBuild program, for example, is a job training program where low-income young people ages 16 to 24 work toward their GED or high school diploma while learning job skills by building affordable housing for homeless and low-income people. The program is federally funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and has recently been subject to $800,000 of funding cuts.
Check out pictures from the event!
Service Politics Institute at Recycle North: February 17, 2008
Sunday's policy discussion touched on a number of pertinent issues, from waste reduction to affordable housing to unemployment. The Councilors explained how the Burlington City Council relates to the State and Federal governments and discussed the difficulties of acquiring the necessary funding to support local organization like Recycle North and its subsidiary programs.
The YouthBuild program, for example, is a job training program where low-income young people ages 16 to 24 work toward their GED or high school diploma while learning job skills by building affordable housing for homeless and low-income people. The program is federally funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and has recently been subject to $800,000 of funding cuts.
Check out pictures from the event!
Service Politics Institute at Recycle North: February 17, 2008
