Fedcap program receives $10,000 donation Mon, 05/17/2021 - 1:45pm
Flanking CoWorx Staffing Services CEO Tim Hartnett during the recent check presentation, are (from left to right): Brian Cummings, Fedcap Placement Specialist; Amy Whipple, CoWorx Sr. Branch Manager; Barbara Shannon, CoWorx Sr. Director Sales & Operations; Sianeh Omeze, Fedcap Program Manager; Serena M. Powell, Fedcap Executive Director; Shannon Emery, Fedcap AVP Programs and Services; Tony Baker, Fedcap Program Manager; Katie Shellene, Fedcap Placement Specialist; and Raissa Kaze, CoWorx Field Recruiter. (Photo courtesy CoWorx Staffing Services)
As Maine has become increasingly diverse with a growing immigrant population, New Mainers need help in developing skills and finding employment. Fedcap helps to provide vital resources and training to help marginalized communities begin careers or advance in the workplace. Through community partnerships with CoWorx Staffing Services and others, the organization is
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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL) announced Stephanie Carbonneau of York Middle School was selected to be one of the finalists of its 2021 Teacher of the Year competition.
The NECTFL region encompasses 13 states from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. Each state language organization goes through a rigorous selection process to choose its best representative of excellence in world language teaching. Thanks to a grant I applied for through the Alliance Française in Boston, I was able to bring in two amazing francophone Maine artists to work with my students on a graffiti wall project inspired by the French song On écrit sur les murs, Carbonneau said. One was an immigrant, the other an asylum seeker. A common language united us. We discussed the definition of a Mainer, an important topic in a time where our state is experiencing a rapid growth of New Mainers. These new arrivals needed our hel
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Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland has received a $400,000 grant to support workforce development at the hospital and, in the process, help fund completion of Mercy’s campus consolidation.
The Portland-based John T. Gorman Foundation pledged the gift on a matching basis, providing $20 for every $100 raised in Mercy’s ongoing capital campaign, according to a news release Thursday.
The foundation funding will support +MPower, which provides training to New Mainers and others who face challenges entering or advancing in the workforce. The capital campaign supports the expansion of the 230-bed hospital’s campus at 175 Fore River Parkway and the move of services and operations there from an older, obsolete facility at 144 State St.
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Just over half of Androscoggin County has received the vaccine, but the area still lags behind the rest of the state
At the Auburn Mall clinic, organizers say they continue to have unfulfilled appointment slots but continue to stay busy.
By Bonnie WashukSpecial to the Sun Journal
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Danielle Libby, 17, of Windham exits the Auburn Mall COVID-19 vaccination site with her mother, Liza, after receiving her vaccine. Liza was pleased to be able to bring her daughter to the site. “It’s one of the few places that it’s easy to bring an under 18 for their shot.” Liza said.
Immigrants from throughout the world settle, thrive in Lewiston-Auburn
They are strangers in a new country, often arriving without the language skills needed for work. But Lewiston-Auburn s immigrants are finding jobs through determination, a desire to learn and help from local support groups.
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Santos Panzo of Lewiston stands at his warehouse job at Core-Mark in Gardiner. Panzo, originally from Angola where he worked as a manager on a liquid natural gas project, said he initially felt “unhire-able” until Core-Mark gave him a chance.
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LEWISTON Deko Diriye left a Kenyan refugee camp when she was three months pregnant. Her husband, who stayed behind, has yet to meet their now 5-year-old daughter. Last March, Diriye lost her low-pay, irregular-hours hotel housekeeping job at the start of the pandemic.