From early 2023 through May 2024, WorkWell benefited enormously from the part-time employment of Tameca Akum as Career Navigator for program participants. Tameca first came to us as a weekend volunteer, helping trainees build their [...]
Todd Venetianer Todd Venetianer comes to WorkWell's Executive Board with a background in the enterprise software, financial and consulting industries. After thirty-five years Todd made a decision to also immerse himself in the [...]
WorkWell is extremely fortunate to have volunteer and Executive Board member Leroy Brown leading its Saturday training sessions, which are devoted to resume writing and preparing for job interviews. It takes charisma to keep [...]
When WorkWell’s fourteenth cohort of trainees graduated in June 2023, it was a joyous occasion. Not only had they proven enthusiastic about job-skills training, but just as important, they had bonded as a group, giving [...]
Progress since our August 2022 update: · Two more cohort cycles have been completed, with nine more WorkWell graduates being celebrated. Through nine class cohorts, sixty-five participants have enrolled and forty have graduated. The next [...]
On October 15, WorkWell hosted its inaugural “Moving Forward” 5K run/walk at the Educational Testing Service’s bucolic campus in Princeton, NJ. By all measures the event was a success. Thanks to cooperative weather, attendees wound [...]
The pandemic reshaped organizations in all sorts of unpredictable ways. Commercial Cleaning Corporation (CCC) is a case in point. CCC provides cleaning services to schools, factories, and other venues in the greater Trenton area. When [...]
When a group of teenaged cellists hit the streets of the greater Princeton area to busk this past summer, it wasn’t for the typical reason: to earn pocket change. No, these teens have been mentored [...]
A September 2022 graduate who spent decades in prison offered this testimonial about his experience in the WorkWell program: WorkWell helped me to be the best version of myself inside and out. It equipped me [...]
