Chapter News

Chapter News

February 22, 2018

A Dinner to Honor Survivors

Culinary students at Chatham Central High School in Bear Creek, N.C., teamed up with student members of SkillsUSA and other groups to host a dinner for breast cancer survivors.

Chapter News

February 22, 2018

Mentoring = Improvement

Students at Sikeston (Mo.) Career and Technology Center are seeing results with their Operation Hope mentoring program. They work with at-risk children, and according to health occupations instructor Gloria Houston,…

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February 22, 2018

Making a Path Less Swampy

After they learned a bridge on a local trail had become impassible, students at Central Vermont Career Center designed and built a new one. It bridges a swampy area in…

Chapter News

December 13, 2017

They Answer a Call to Action

When Salina, Kan., resident William Cookson was deployed with his Army National Guard unit to Kuwait, he’d just started painting his house. Word got to the diesel technology program at…

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December 13, 2017

Spooky Fundraiser Supports Vets

Helping students with funds to participate in SkillsUSA events at Herkimer (N.Y.)-Fulton-Hamilton-Ostego BOCES includes the “Spooktacular” Bazaar. This year’s event included crafts, a bake sale, prize drawings, face painting…

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December 13, 2017

Holiday Joy on Two Wheels

For more than 16 years, students at Seminole (Texas) High School have been bringing joy to families during the holidays. They’ve held district-wide drives for food, household items and clothing.

Chapter News

December 13, 2017

Good Sports in a Field of Their Own

Freshman welding students Carson Craig and Pierce Kurasz earned silver in SkillsUSA’s Community Action Project contest in June. These members at Sabin-Shellenberg Center in Milwaukie, Ore., presented the final…

Chapter News

September 15, 2017

A Slice of Life for Those in Hunger

SkillsUSA Minnesota recently participated in the 363 Days food program by preparing and donating more than 1,000 sandwiches for the homeless and hungry. The project supports the work of…

Chapter News

September 15, 2017

Services Help Take Minds Off Illness

Every third Thursday of each month, 11th-grade cosmetology students in Newark, Del., travel to Nemours Alfred I. du Pont Hospital for Children in Wilmington. They provide salon services to patients…

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