Silver Valley, ID

On January 7th 2008, Chuck Wardwell from the SVEDC, spoke at our monthly community Horizons meeting. Chuck informed us that the SVEDC was at the beginning stages of trying to open a Job Corps facility here in the valley. The facility is about 5-6 years out providing that the stars and planets line up correctly and everything goes just right!!

Why is this so exciting you may ask? Well, once again, one of the action ideas from our community was “trade school”!!! This is working out just great!! Things seem to be falling in our laps!! And what better way to go than a Job Corp?!!!

So we are giving them our full support of course and crossing our fingers. YAY!!!

Our next community Horizons meeting is scheduled for Feb. 11, 2008 at the H&W conference room at 35 Wildcat Way, Kellogg. Everyone is invited to attend.

Project Uplift, a non-profit community development program, has been around for quite some time, say close to 20 years, and has recently joined with the Silver Valley Economic Development Corporation. Sounds like the perfect pair, doesn’t it?!!

Project Uplift began in 1989 and a year later gained their non-profit status opening up doors for community grants. Project Uplift has been working with Silver Valley Horizons  since the summer of 2007 and has opened a lot of doors for us.  It was a perfect fit as well!!! Are you seeing a pattern yet? Will fill you in, in my next post……..

Shannon Dancer was recently sworn in as a Vista Volunteer fall of 2007. For those of us who may not have heard of Vista, it is a national service program dedicated to helping fight poverty in the US. Shannon’s role will be improving and supporting family literacy through volunteerism and community involvement. One of her goals is to provide additional time and support for student learning by utilizing and sustaining volunteers in the school.

Shannon says, “I want the community to realize that they are welcome and invited into the schools and to create those opportunities for parents and volunteers to help if they have the time.”

To reach Shannon at Silver Hills Elementary School in Osburn with any questions, please call 208-556-1556.