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Volunteer with WorkWell
WorkWell only works because of our volunteers, who are partners with our participants as they seek to forge ahead with their lives. Volunteering to help one of our participants, and also to learn something [...]
WorkWell – A Progress Report – Fall 2022
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 [...]
ETS Hosts WorkWell’s Inaugural “Moving Forward” 5k Event
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 [...]
WorkWell Partners with Commercial Cleaning Corporation
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 [...]
“Cellos for Charity” Busk for WorkWell
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 Testimonial from a WorkWell Graduate
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 [...]
A Community-Minded Chef Volunteers for WorkWell
WorkWell’s trainees have recently been treated to visits from Jared Batson, a guest chef extraordinaire who has been volunteering his time to lead cooking classes and speak with participants about work in the culinary field. [...]
A WorkWell Intern Reflects on His Experience
This past summer WorkWell was fortunate to have the services of Joseph Mitchell “JM” Dixon, a self-motivated, highly reliable intern. He collected critical data from earlier training sessions, seamlessly integrated into the WorkWell family, and [...]
WorkWell: A Progress Report, 2021-2022
During the height of the pandemic (2020 – 2021), in an effort to expand its impact beyond the former CookWell program, our Lawrenceville Job-Training Partnership staff worked with staff members from Uplift, a successful Philadelphia-based [...]