ADVISORY: Mayor Rawlings-Blake, GBC President Don Fry to Encourage Private Sector Hiring For YouthWorks Through Hire One Youth Initiative
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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Mayor, 250 City Hall • Baltimore, Maryland 21202 • 410-396-3835 • Fax: 410-576-9425 Better Schools. Safer Streets. Stronger Neighborhoods. |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
CONTACT |
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
Caron A. Brace |
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MEDIA ADVISORY Rawlings-Blake, GBC President Don Fry to Encourage Private Sector Hiring For YouthWorks Through Hire One Youth Initiative Hire One Youth Participants, including Wells Fargo & Johns Hopkins, to Discuss Mutual Benefit of Public-Private Partnership |
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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Greater Baltimore Committee President and CEO Donald C. Fry will announce the progress of Hire One Youth, which is the private-sector hiring component of Baltimore City’s nationally recognized YouthWorks summer jobs program, and encourage companies to hire at least one job-ready youth this summer.
Each year, approximately 5,000 youth, between the ages of 14 and 21, are offered six-week summer employment opportunities through YouthWorks, where they develop familiarity with the workplace, become better prepared to meet employers’ expectations, and gain exposure to career opportunities in a variety of industries.
In 2012, Mayor Rawlings-Blake launched Hire One Youth with a team of local business leaders led by Fry to encourage Baltimore's private sector employers to join the city in creating valuable summer employment opportunities for Baltimore’s teens and young adults.
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TODAY, Tuesday, May 13, 2014; 9:30 am |
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WHERE: |
Wells Fargo Bank, 7 St. Paul Street, Room 401
* Media must stop at the security desk in the lobby and provide identification for access to the 4th floor. |
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