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Summer Job Training employed 45 locally
 Mother
Lode Job Training (MLJT) conducted a
fully-subsidized summer youth employment training
program last summer for forty-five (45)
disadvantaged youth ages 16 – 24. Made possible by
funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act (ARRA) of 2009, it paid the wages, state
disability and workmen’s compensation for
participants. Between June 29, 2009 through October 21, 2009,
youth worked between 16 and 32 hours per week.
Young people who were returning to high
school or college were able to work 6 weeks, while
those older youth not in school found their Work
Experience lasted until 10/22. In dollars and cents,
this resulted in over $76,000.00 NET dollars being
spent in this county!
Work Experiences were conducted on sites such as
non-profit agencies, community based organizations,
local city and county government offices, as well as
our local TV station and our own Chamber office!
Participating worksite supervisors agreed to train a
youth in specific work readiness skills and job
duties which were jointly agreed upon by MLJT and
the worksite director.
Of the forty-five (45) youth served with these
funds, 9 returned to college or entered college for
the first time, 7 obtained unsubsidized employment,
13 returned to high school, and 1 has a job offer,
pending completion of industry specific
certification. Three (3) employers have indicated
they would hire their participants immediately, if
budget allowed.
Mother Lode Job Training is optimistic that this
program will be repeated in 2010, and will have more
information available in spring.
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Sutter Amador Hospital presents check
to Interfaith Food Bank
Sutter Amador Hospital's Kim Vagt, an ancillary
services director who is also an IFFB board member,
and Anne Platt, CEO, and , presented the check to
Kathleen Harmon, IFFB executive director, and Marta
Rowe, IFFB board president.
Sutter Health, a family of doctors,
not-for-profit hospitals and other health care service
providers, is donating thousand of dollars to food banks across Northern California. Locally,
Sutter Amador Hospital (SAH) presented a check for
$2,000 to the Interfaith Food Bank (IFFB)
located on Airport Road in Martell, CA on Tuesday, November 17th.
Anne Platt, CEO, and Kim Vagt, an
ancillary services director who is also an IFFB board member, presented the check to Kathleen
Harmon, IFFB executive director, and Marta Rowe, IFFB board president.
SAH has a long history of partnering
with and supporting charitable programs and services. This donation – made on behalf
of SAH employees – further expands this commitment.
As budgets are stretched thin during
these difficult economic times, donations such as SAH’s
and other Sutter Health affiliates help
community food banks across Northern California extend their significant purchasing power.
Meeting community health care needs is
the cornerstone of SAH’s not-for-profit mission. Its care and services for the poor and
underserved, and benefits for the broader community, totaled over $3.7 million in 2008.
“As a community of caregivers, our
employees have seen firsthand how the national recession has stressed so many
families,” said Platt. “Sutter Amador Hospital makes
this donation in honor of our hardworking
employees, and we hope it will make the holiday season a little brighter for those in need.”
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