Community Outreach

The DTC CBW has made significant strides to reach out to the community and support other organizations that have a similar platform to our own, supporting women professionally, personally and politically. Below are the list of the organizations that we support and how you can support them is you would like more information.

GIRLS INC.

Girls Inc. of Metro Denver (GIMD) offers programs that prepare girls to succeed in a world where women still encounter social and cultural barriers to success. Our core mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. Girls Inc. programs, grounded in research and tested in the field, address barriers to success that put our target population at increased risk. GIMD provides age-appropriate programs in areas of Careers & Life Planning, Health & Sexuality, Leadership & Community Action, Sports & Adventure, Self-Reliance & Life Skills and Culture & Heritage.

How DTC-CBW collaborates with Girls Inc.

• Give a one-time presentation or workshop on a variety of topics from health, budgeting, finances, etc. This needs to be coordinated with the Managers of the Youth and Teen Programs.
• Weekly volunteering: assist with delivery of Girls Inc.
  National curriculum or help run our tutoring program as a Homework Help Volunteer. Requires a volunteer application, interview, background check, and orientation and training.
• Coordinate a field trip to your business for the girls
• Attend fund-raising events, donate to their silent auction, and/or be a table sponsor.

For information on how to get involved, contact Deb Deaton at deb@advancedrenewal.com
Girls inc, Gayle Rodgers,  gaylrodgers@gmail.com

Girls Inc. of Metro Denver
1499 Julian St.
Denver, CO 80204
http://www.girlsincdenver.org
Phone: (303) 893-4363
Fax: (303) 893-4352
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GLOBAL PEACE TRAIN

Global Peace Train's Tribal Traditions of the Lakota Sioux program helps Lakota women on the Pine Ridge Reservation uplift themselves from poverty by building an economy and sharing their tradition with the world. Global Peace Train has built an e-commerce site that is a tool for the women to sell their beautiful star quilts, a path for them to become self-reliant. Take a peek into this project, make a donation, or buy a beautiful Lakota hand made quilt at: www.Tribaltraditions.org.

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Global Peace Train
1450 Blue Sky Way 12-205, Erie , CO 80516
Ana Carerra, carerra@denverbreaktime.com
Website - Globalpeacetrain.com
Email – info@globalpeacetrain.com
Phone – 888.870.0020

JOB CORPS

Job Corps is the nation’s largest and most successful residential and educational workforce training program for youth ages 16 through 24. The voluntary program serves 60,000 young Americans every year and has trained and educated more than two million young people since the first Job Corps center opened in 1965. Job Corps has 122 campuses in 48 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Colorado has one Job Corps campus, Collbran Job Corps Center, near Grand Junction. Students live on the center, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Collbran Job Corps offers training in Business/Information Technology; CISCO Networking Academy; Culinary Arts; Facilities Maintenance; Welding; Union Carpentry; Union Masonry; Union Painting and Union Floor Covering.

Collbran Job Corps
57608 Highway 330
Collbran, Colorado  81624
Ph: 970-487-3576
http://collbran.jobcorps.gov
Caren Swales, Business Community Liaison, cjswalesbclcjcc@msn.com
Ph: 303-770-7887

For information on how to get involved, contact Deb Deaton at deb@advancedrenewal.com

CWEE

CWEE's mission is to provide realistic programs to help low-income single parents and families develop and expand the skills and confidence necessary to obtain continuous, meaningful employment and career advancement.

DTC-CBW annually encourages CWEE participants to attend our meetings to network with women of diverse professional backgrounds and experiences. DTC-CBW members are also active in working on-site with CWEE participants through interview preparation, dressing for success, and discussions of current hot topics.

Getting Involved by Conducting Mock Interviews
Mock interviews provide the opportunity to connect one on one with the class participants as they prepare for important job interviews.  CWEE provides the format and the questions to ask, and you, the interviewer, critique the class participant on how well they present themselves in all aspects of the interview process.

Please consider assisting with Mock Interviews and fill this great need! Contact Melissa Wilson at melissa-wilson@msn.com or Linda.Hicks@premiermembers.org

Important Tips
· Be diplomatic! The more diplomatic, the better.
· Give constructive and positive feedback
· Focus on their talents and strenghts. Many of the participants have to overcome emotional hurdles and are intimidated by the interview process
· Many participants have little or no work history, but they may have acquired transferable skills
· Participants do receive a computer certification and typing proficiency, some are completing their GEDs
· Whatever you write down during the interview becomes part of the particpant's file

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DTC-CBW received the CWEE Community Partner of the Year Award for 2008

We know that the mission of CWEE could not be fulfilled without the important partnerships that we develop with countless worthwhile non-profit organizations and important businesses in our community. These partnerships help us achieve our mission. CWEE created the Community Partner of the Year Award to recognize the collaborations that stand out from all others.

We are very pleased to acknowledge DTC-CBW for all the work that we do together with CWEE participants. Your organization is helping us give single mothers moving from welfare to work meaningful and stable employment.

Congratulations to DTC-CBW on being our 2008 Coumunity Partner of the Year!"

Accepting the award for DTC-CBW will be Ruby Mayeda,President and Melissa Wilson, Board Member. For additional details on attending this special luncheon, refer to the CWEE website at: www.cwee.org
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For any questions, please contact: Melissa Wilson 303.694.4764

History of CWEE
CWEE: Center for Work Education & Employment was founded in 1982 and modeled after NWEE (National Women's Employment and Education). NWEE was formed in San Antonio, Texas in 1973 after several hundred welfare recipients marched to the Texas Welfare Department to return their welfare checks and demand jobs. Today CWEE continues to prepare single parents and families for long-term, meaningful employment, enabling them to achieve self-sufficiency and end their dependency on welfare.

Kim Miles, kim@kimlmiles.com

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Smart-Girl, Inc.
Smart-Girl is a non profit organization whose mission is to equip adolescent girls with the skills and tools necessary to become confident, capable, self reliant women who make healthy choices.
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