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| TeenForce Report |
August 12, 2011 |
Greetings!
July brought record results to TeenForce with a total of 2,160 hours worked and over
 $21,000 in wages paid to 54 teens. These record activity levels generated earned income that covered 56% of our operating costs - meaning that we are over half-way to our goal of covering 100% of our operating costs! We had significant contribution from each of our programs, with 40% of the hours coming from part-time jobs, 40% from paid internships and 20% from the foster youth program. We will be celebrating our success with our inaugural Youth Workforce Develpment Luncheon on September 22. The event will be at The Terraces of Los Gatos and co-hosted by EMQ FamiliesFirst and Silicon Valley Children's Fund. Invitations will be out very soon, but you can register now by going to our home page. Individual tickets are $50 and sponsorship opportunities are available. Hope to see you there. -John Hogan p.s. Please see the left column for three great events benefitting our youth! |
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Fiesta de Artes
August 13th and 14th
The Kiwanis Club of Los Gatos is hosting the Fiesta de Artes this weekend on the Los Gatos Civic Center lawn! Click here for information!
Volunteer information can be found here!
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Jill's Ride for Hope
August 27th, 2011
Jill's Ride for Hope is scheduled for Saturday, August 27th from 7:00am to 2:00pm. Rob and Polly Naber are organizing this event, named in memory of their daughter. Proceeds will benefit CASSY. Please click here for more information and to register!
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Bandstand Boogie
September 3rd
The Los Gatos Community Foundation is hosting Bandstand Boogie this Labor Day Weekend at Oak Meadow Park. Food and music all day long! Click here for more information!
Volunteer information can be found here!
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Client Profile: Handstand-Inc.
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Handstand-Inc. is a start-up mobile application firm based in Mountain View, CA. John Lekashman, Vice President at
Handstand-Inc., hired five summer interns. In addition to working in quality assurance, the teens had time to pursue skills such as Programming and Graphic Design. The five youth (two recent Los Gatos High grads, and students from DeAnza, Occidental and USC), had the opportunity to experience a true Silicon Valley start-up environment and be part of a company on the precipice of new technology.
"Being able to work with these teens has been beneficial to both the teens and the company," said Mr. Lekashman. "I hope that they have gained real-life experience and been able to explore possible career options. TeenForce made it easy and convenient for me to hire exactly who and when I needed." Thank you to Handstand-Inc. and Mr. Lekashman for your support of TeenForce and our teens!
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Summer Interns
With the end of summer quickly approaching, we want to take some time to brag about the internships we were able to offer this past summer. 16 teens were placed in internships at 9 different companies. Thanks to these clients for offering these great learning opportunities to our youth. This group has logged over 1600 hours and this will continue to grow substantially in August.
Los Gatos Auto Service - 2 teens working as auto mechanics
Alien Vault - 1 Intern learning finance and accounting
Blossom Dental Excellence - 1 sales and marketing intern
Terraces of Los Gatos - 1 student in working in geriatric healthcare
Handstand-Inc. - 5 Interns working in quality assurance, graphic design and programming
Power Production Software - 1 Intern working with film animation and programming
BeWhys Marketing - 1 Intern to work in online sales, graphic design and marketing
Mathnasium - 3 students working as math tutors
TeenForce - 1 great marketing intern (Thanks, Devan!) |
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Community Youth Workforce Development Luncheon
This event marks the culmination of a successful summer, including the launch of our internship program and the completion of our foster youth pilot program. Please join us to hear about our success and the areas where we learned to improve!
As we start our second full year, we are seeking new employers that can provide work opportunities for foster youth and non-foster youth. We are begining to expand our reach into San Jose, and it is important that we find work opportunities that are close to where these youth live and go to school.
Formal invitations will be out Monday, but all the details are available here. Thanks for your continued support.
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Let TeenForce find someone to help with office, retail, or restaurant assistance, odd jobs, tutoring, and more. Call us today!
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Around the Office: Our Current Status
TeenForce candidates: 260 Teens employed/placed: 93 TeenForce clients: 50
Teen hours worked: 12,292 (over $114,700 in wages paid to teens) |
About Us
TeenForce is a self-sustaining non-profit organization that helps teens (ages 13 - 20) gain work experience. We provide work readiness training, skills development and job placement services. Our staffing agency model makes it convenient and cost-effective for employers to hire teens and generates revenue to support our activities.
Teens in our program gain confidence and skills, while improving adult/teen relationships. Teens become healthy, caring and responsible young adults who have important roles in the community.
We are located at 101 Church Street, Suite 19 in Los Gatos. We are open Monday through Friday 8 AM to 5 PM.
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