Archive for January, 2011

Apprentice Fund Raising Efforts

Apprentices Donate Toys at Auburn Memorial Hospital

The First and Second Year Apprentice Classes have been busy helping the needy this season through their fund raising efforts. They organized and implemented a bottle & can drive to raise money, a canned food drive, and collected   donations from various donors.  They donated food and money to the Food Bank of CNY, purchased toys for children unfortunate enough to be hospitalized during the holiday season and donated hats, gloves, mittens and other necessary items to area school children.

The result of those efforts are:

• $5,000.00 total donations from the Can Drive
• $2,350.00 in toy distributions to four area hospitals
• 1,695 pounds of food delivered to the Food Bank of Central New York
• $500.00 in hats, mittens, scarves, boots and coats to various schools

The apprentices are proud of their communities, and when asked why they decided to shoulder these projects, the reply was, “Because someone has to.”

2011 NEC Books

2011 NEC Books are in and they are available for distribution to active Journeyman Wireman members at this time.  If you are an active Journeyman Wireman working with an apprentice you can authorize your apprentice to pick yours up while (s)he is at the Training Center attending class to save yourself a trip.  There is a card in the Training Center that you can fill out and sign.  Your apprentice can just trade the card for your copy of the 2011 NEC Book.

NEC Tabs

NEC Tabs are available for purchase, they are still $7.00.