Summer 2016 JobTrain Newsletter
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Summer 2016 JobTrain Newsletter
PLEASE V ISI T O U R W E BS I TE AT W W W. J O BTR A IN WO RKS .O RG Breakast of Champions 2016 Rise of the Champions What a morning! On June 3, 2016, nearly 800 business, labor and community leaders gathered at the Santa Clara Convention Center to celebrate the success of our students and graduates under the aptly named banner “Rise of the Champions.” The Breakfast was a success by any measure. This year, JobTrain wants to give a special thank you to Jan Hutchins, who passed the baton to JobTrain board member, Rita Williams after more than three decades as emcee of the Breakfast. Some of the special guests who joined the students at this year’s Breakfast included Mayor Pro Tem of Menlo Park Kirsten Keith, San Mateo City Councilmember Rick Bonilla, San Jose Vice-Mayor Rose Herrera, East Palo Alto City Councilmembers Lisa Gauthier, Larry Moody, and Ruben Abrica, who also serves on JobTrain’s Board of Directors. Other luminaries attending this year’s Breakfast, included Silicon Valley Business Legend Paul M. Cook, NFL Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott, San Francisco Giants Public Address Announcer and this year’s Breakfast Role Model Award Winner Renel Brooks-Moon, and Facebook Chief Financial Officer and featured speaker Dave Wehner. Each year at the Breakfast, JobTrain honors a graduate with the Paul M. Cook Alumni Award. This year’s winner, Rickey W., a graduate of the Laborers Construction Fundamentals Training Program, had been in and out of prison for the past 20 years and never had a job. While incarcerated, Rickey was able to attend JobTrain through the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Work Furlough Program. At the Breakfast, it was announced that Rickey was accepted into Local Labor Union 261 and would start his new job at a San Francisco Public Utilities Commission job site. Speaking at the Breakfast, Rickey shared a poem he wrote, which included the following: “I’m awake now my eyes are open. I’m no longer clueless, I once lived foolish. But what’s real about fate is that I could become the next David Lewis. Giving back to my community, giving back cause I was always a taker. I’m sure I’ve been looked at as a lot of things, but I’ve never been viewed as a faker. People always tell me it was never about you being a leader, it’s about which way you will go. I’ve done the math and I’m on the path now to give back cause I owe. I would like to thank you all for giving me this time to open my mind and hopefully touch a few souls.” Featured speaker Dave Wehner spoke to the audience of resilience and determination. Role Model Award winner Renel Brooks-Moon spoke eloquently about her life and the challenges she overcame to get to where she is today. The room came to their feet when Ronnie Lott pulled out a $20 bill and called upon the audience to reach into their pockets and do the same for JobTrain! What an inspirational moment of coming together to help those most in need. JobTrain would like to thank Presenting Sponsor Facebook, Premier Sponsor Google.org, and other major sponsors including, the Morgan Family Foundation, Bohannon Foundation, the Chamberlain Family, Paul and Marcia Cook, Scott Kaspick and Susan Termohlen, John and Cynthia Lovewell, The Matteson Companies, Dean Morton, TE Connectivity, and United Airlines. Newsletter: The Works Summer 2016 JobTrain Celebrates Breakfast of Champions 2016 CEO’s Corner: Time To Fix The Broken Pathway “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” Helen Keller Helen Keller was, by any standard, a miracle. Despite facing a myriad of challenges, she became an amazing role model of success in the face of incredible odds. She didn’t do it alone; she had advocates in her family, her teacher and her friend. She contributed at a time in society that would have relegated her to silence, in a place where she could make no contribution. We witnessed another amazing story at this year’s Breakfast of Champions when Rickey W., told us his story through poetry. At 40, having experienced years of incarceration, he came to JobTrain, trained for a construction job and ended up with his first full time job as an employee at San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Rickey should not have been able to make that speech, or ever find a job. But with the right combination of support, training, and most especially his own determination and will power… we all shared in that incredible moment. The bottom line, had he not been optimistic, and had we not believed, his success would never have happened. JobTrain and its amazing supporters have, for over 50 years, made sure that people who are willing to make that leap have the opportunity to realize their dreams. As our annual report in September will show, our impact and people served continues to grow. However, thousands more need our help and we need to tell their story. I am heartened to see that both major political parties have started to talk about the importance of a skills development pathway for people like Rickey. But we know that we need more information to help convince policy makers and people beyond our immediate community to invest time and resources for those we serve. They need to understand that a direct pathway to college and university cannot be the only road. With the help of Tipping Point Community, we are developing a report that will use data to demonstrate both the need and the impact of creating a bridge to mend the part of the pathway that is broken. As Helen Keller said, “optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.” We know that this report (coming in late November) is just the beginning. We believe that there is a story to be told and that JobTrain can be the voice to tell that story. Stay tuned! Nora Sobolov President and CEO JOBTRAIN IS LOCATED AT 1200 O ’BRIEN DRIVE, MENLO PARK, CA 94025 | (650) 330-6429 CONNEC T WITH US ON: For Generations to Come Your Legacy, JobTrain’s Future Over the last half-century, JobTrain has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of our community’s most vulnerable citizens. People who were on welfare, returning from prison, laid-off from work, recovering from substance abuse, the young and the elderly, all have turned to JobTrain for help. At JobTrain, they were able to acquire new skills, and launch new careers, which restored their sense of worth – transforming them into enthusiastic participants in our community. We want to ensure that JobTrain will be here for the next fifty years, helping generations to come. The Legacy Program will help guarantee JobTrain’s future by including the organization in your wills and trusts. JobTrain hopes that you will consider being part of this very important campaign. JobTrain is here to provide you with information about these opportunities and can inform you of personal benefits and will work with your financial and legal advisors. One way or another, you, JobTrain and the community we serve will all benefit! Current JobTrain Board Treasurer Jerry Hurwitz commented that: “What our legacy giving will do is to assure income over the long-term. If your children are like mine, they undoubtedly listen carefully and follow-through with everything you tell them to do. If for some reason, that is not the case for you, your heirs may not continue giving to your favorite causes. So it is up to us now, to make the commitment to support JobTrain for many years into the future.” Another benefit of becoming a Legacy Partner is that once you notify JobTrain that you have decided to include us in your estate plans, you are automatically eligible to become a Future Fifty Friend! The Future Fifty Friends is a new prestigious auxiliary group that will receive special recognition from JobTrain. Please know, that we will never ask you the amount or terms of your gift. Former JobTrain Board Chairman Russell Pyne has this to say about the Legacy Program: “When my wife Helen and I sat down to create our estate plan, we talked about what was important to us. JobTrain was a clear priority – because of the opportunity JobTrain gives to people seeking a hand up the ladder of success, its profound impact on the community and the positive influence JobTrain has had on us and our four children. Volunteering at JobTrain has become a Pyne family tradition and each of us has been inspired by our experiences. We want our financial support to help JobTrain make a difference now and for many years into the future!” JobTrain Bids Farewell to Nate “the Great” Thurmond Save the Date! JobTrain’s Open House - Thurs., September 15, 2016, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Join us for tours of our facility, meet and greet instructors and students, and see our students at work - including hands-on demonstrations! Annual Report and Report to Stakeholders - September 30th Thanks for Giving - Thursday, November 17, 2016, 11:30 a.m. Fall Graduation - Monday November 21, 2016 Ceremony begins at 7:00 p.m. To learn more about these events, please contact Siosiua “C2” Vea at (650) 330-6567 or svea@jobtrainworks.org. JobTrain bid farewell to dear friend and supporter Nate Thurmond on July 16, 2016 at the age of 74. Nate spent the majority of his 14-year career in the NBA with the Golden State Warriors. He attended many of JobTrain’s annual Breakfast of Champions and presented the very first Role Model Award to Golden State Warrior Coach Al Attles. JobTrain extends our deepest condolences to his family, friends and many fans. Finding Talent with JobTrain A New Partnership with Stanford Health Care JobTrain is excited to announce a new partnership with Stanford Health Care (SHC). Stanford Medicine is in the process of modernizing and expanding their resources which includes an expanded and modernized hospital for children and expectant mothers. A new adult hospital will add more beds, private rooms, state-of-the-art operating suites and streamlined services. An expanded emergency department will serve even more patients. With this expansion, there is a need to find skilled and qualified frontline workers before the grand opening of the new hospital in 2018. JobTrain was approached in the spring of 2015 to assist with this huge recruitment undertaking. This partnership will be beneficial to both partners by aiding Stanford Health Care in obtaining well-trained qualified employees to meet their needs, and assist JobTrain in its mission of helping its students find sustainable and rewarding careers. Stanford Health Care recruiters and JobTrain are working to finalize a hiring strategy. This partnership has also opened up important externship and clinical opportunities for students in JobTrain’s Medical Assistant program. We welcome this opportunity to help supply Stanford Health Care with talented JobTrain candidates and thank them for choosing JobTrain. WE BELIEVE THAT THE BEST SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAM IN THE WORLD IS A JOB CALL US TO ARRANGE A TOUR OF JOBTRAIN JobTrain’s John Gachina Memorial Golf Tournament & Auction Welcome to New Board Member The beautiful Stanford Golf Course was host to JobTrain’s 2016 John Gachina Memorial Golf Tournament and Auction. On Monday, August 8, 2016, friends and supporters of JobTrain gathered at the Stanford Golf Course for the John Gachina Memorial Golf Tournament and Auction. JobTrain’s Golf tournament and Auction is one of Silicon Valley’s most popular golf fundraisers. The support the tournament garners helps advance JobTrain’s mission of providing quality educational and vocational training programs to our community. Once again, KPMG was the Presenting Sponsor, joined by Cooley LLP as our Golf Cart Sponsor and Facebook as a Pin Flag Sponsor. Special thanks go out to United Airlines for their continued support of providing travel vouchers. Golfers enjoyed an exciting day of play on the green, including special contest holes, such as Closest to the Pin, Longest Drive, the ever exciting Vegas Hole and our special Hole in One where players could win a 2016 Maserati Ghibli! The Maserati Ghibli was provided courtesy of Ferrari Maserati Silicon Valley. Golfers also were treated to a meet and greet with Stanford Golf Coach Conrad Ray! Following the tournament, golfers and their guests enjoyed music by electric violinist Jennifer Spingola and lite dinner fare and cocktails provided by Coupa Café. The highlight of the evening came with a bevy of luxury auction items including a package trip to London & St. Andrews, a Beautiful Belize Experience, a Wine and Dine with Celebrity Top Chef Contestant Chad White, Dinner for six at the home of JobTrain’s own Board Member Restaurateur Chef Jesse Cool, and much more! Guests also had the opportunity to show their support by directly impacting the lives of JobTrain students with JobTrain’s always popular Fund A Future auction item. Special tribute was paid to longtime friend and partner of JobTrain, John Gachina, Founder and President of Gachina Landscape Management who passed away on December 27, 2015. For many years, John provided JobTrain with free landscaping at its 1200 O’Brien Drive facility. The idea for JobTrain’s Organic Garden also originated with John. John donated the land, the expertise, and all the materials to make the garden happen. JobTrain is so grateful to John, his family, and all at Gachina Landscape Management for their generosity and support and was proud to name its Golf Tournament and Auction in his honor. Literacy Project Makes Reading Fun For Children and Families The children in JobTrain’s Child Development Center are enjoying new books and a personalized bookcase, thanks to a partnership between JobTrain, Bring Me a Book, and JobTrain’s Project Build students. Special thanks goes to the Morgan Family Foundation for providing funding for this literacy project. Anees was formerly the Co-founder and CEO of GameCrush, a website dedicated to the monetization of social interactions through video gaming. He has extensive experience in Management, Systems Architecture/Administration, and IT and has held various leadership positions and consulting roles at leading companies such as Bigbook, Inc., Egreetings Network, Inc., Auctionwatch, Inc., BroadVision, Inc., and Spansion, Inc. Anees holds a B.A. in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a M.B.A from the University of San Francisco. Anees was born and raised in Daly City, CA and is currently a resident of East Palo Alto, CA with his wife and two children. WISH LIST JobTrain instructors and staff have submitted the following list of needs. Please help if you can! Bring Me a Book (BMAB), provided beautiful new books and the template for the children’s bookcases. JobTrain’s Project Build (carpentry students) built the bookcases for the children. BMAB also provided parents in the Child Development Center with a Literacy Workshop on the importance of reading with their children daily. After the Workshop, parents and children decorated their bookcases. The families enjoyed personalizing their bookcases with their children, to make reading special and fun! Health Care Programs • 20 New Certified Nurse Assistant textbooks • Scrub tops (red) • Scrub pants (black) • Blood pressure cuffs • Stethoscopes ASE/GED Preparation Class: • TI-30XS Multiview calculators • $82 for a set of books to accompany Fast Forward GED Digital Program • $25 Gift Cards to cover the cost of 4 practice tests for 1 student • $140 Gift cards to cover 4 official tests for 1 student SummerWinds Nursery and Happy Hollow also donated over 2,000 high-quality, almost new books. As a result, all 24 children in the Child Development Center took home a full bookcase – 2 new bilingual books from BMAB, and a selection of books from SummerWinds. JobTrain is thrilled with this project, as it not only gave children their own bookcase and books; it also provided job skills training for our students in our Project Build class. Thanks to all our partners who helped with this project, which is helping children gain literacy skills. JobTrain is pleased to welcome Anees Iqbal to the JobTrain Board of Directors. Anees is a 19-year Silicon Valley IT veteran and serial entrepreneur with a background in IT enterprise, cloud consulting, and Internet Services. He is currently responsible for creating and sustaining cloud operations for one of the largest enterprise private clouds (over 100K virtual machines) at VMWare, Inc. (VMW). Culinary Arts Program: • Commercial level ice cream maker • Air conditioner “Me and my grandma had fun putting stickers on my bookcase,” says Andres of the Child Development Center Thank you! PLEASE VISIT US AT WWW. JOBTRAINWORKS.ORG Thank You to Our Donors $100,000+ Facebook, Inc. The Grove Foundation Tipping Point Community $50,000 to $99,999 Sand Hill Foundation The Morgan Family Foundation Tides Foundation $25,000 to $49,999 Bank of America Frederick and Faith Duhring KPMG LLP Leslie Family Foundation San Francisco Foundation Silicon Valley Community Foundation The Women’s Foundation of California Wells Fargo Foundation $10,000 to $24,999 Anonymous Anonymous3 Asset Management Company Chamberlain Family6 Component Fund of the Maine Community Foundation Paul and Marcia Cook Cooley LLP David D. Bohannon Organization Genentech, Inc. Kaspick/Termohlen Family Fund3 John and Cynthia Lovewell Duncan L. and Shirley C. Matteson Dean Morton5 Mr. and Mrs. Craig Sharper TE Connectivity $5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous Ferrari Family Foundation Gachina Landscape Management LinkedIn Corporation Russell and Helen Pyne Lisa and Matthew Sonsini3 Alice Wallace $2,000 to $4,999 Arborwell Sukhinder Singh Cassidy and Simon Cassidy Steve Dostart and Sharon Indira Meers Irwin and Concepción Federman Dottie Free Richard and Anjali Hanley J&J Air Conditioning, Inc. Keenan Land Company Wade and Chisato Loo Lund Foundation3 Markkula Foundation Northern California Carpenters Regional Council Peter Parkinson and Nora Sobolov Patrick Pichette ProInsurance Services, LLC Rotary Club of Menlo Park Steven E. Schmidbauer and Martin P. Herrick Jeanne and Leonard Ware $1,000 to $1,999 Ameritrade Clearing Polly and Tom Bredt Ralph and Betty Britton Jeffrey T. Chambers and Andrea Okamura Fund5 Gordon and Carolyn Davidson5 The East Creek Fund3 Fischer Family1 Fritz Insurance Agency John and LuAnne Graves6 Harvey and June Hammer Heising Simons1 Melmon Family Foundation Palo Alto Lions Charities, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. W. Jeffers Pickard1 Stanford Memorial Church Woodland Park Communities3 $500 to $999 Eli Abbe Anonymous (2) Edward W. and Jimi Barnholt Curt and Dudley Carlson Thomas H. Clewe Charitable Gift Fund1 Catherine DeLuca Carl and Meredith Ditmore5 James Isaacs and Page Mailliard Deborah and Werner Ju Kully Kooner and Nirmy Kang William and Donna Krepick5 Karen Lundberg Hubert and Rachelle Marshall Patrick and Nancy McGaraghan Lebo and Merrill Newman Northern California Chapter NFL Alumni, Inc. George and Karen Offen San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office Martha Shirk1 Dudley/Sieloff Family5 Stephen and Paula Smith Synopsys, Inc. 5 Up to $499 Agilent Technologies Employee Giving Campaign Aurora Aguilar Arthur E. and Rena L. Albert AmazonSmile Foundation Anonymous (11) Joanne and David Arata Kaylyn and Michael Armstrong Stephen Baiter and Aimee Delongchamp Kyle Barriger Jr. Richard A. Baumgartner and Elizabeth Salzer Sharon D. Beard Belly Fire Branding Martin M. Berndt Cathy Blake Susan Blau Martha W. Bond Carolyn and Steve Bowsher Michael R. and Sheila J. Brand Stephen and Mary Jo Brimhall Richard Brown and Anita Schubert Brown Kathleen Brownell Luisa Buada, RN, MPH John and Jenny Carreno Jennifer and Joseph Castello Phillip and Michele Chavez Robert and Anita Chiles Ruth and George Chippendale Eve and Herbert Clark Katherine Clark-Kelly Classic Car Wash Walter R. and Jane Day Candace Deanes Mark and Cheri Devlin Albert and Dora Dien Don and Maryellen Douglas Ed and Joyce Drake5 Cathey L. Edwards Alonzo and Mary Emery Theresa L. Ende Adrienne Eng Gudrun Enger Taia Ergueta and Gary Kah Mary Ericsson Elisa Estrada Teri and Joe Eyre Patricia Faust Anthony Flores Barbara and Stephen Fox Meir and Dafna Friedlander Deborah E. Gallegos Jo Rawlins Gilbert Lea and Brian Goldstein Assembly Member Richard Gordon Robert L. Greenfield Ronald J. Harper Edward S. and Abigail H. Hartford Shuji Hasegawa Sandy and Frank Hedley William Heinz Michael E. and Ruth H. Hodos Rob and Mary Hurlston Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Ives Cynthia R. Jacobson Drew Johnson and Elizabeth E. Joblin Vidya and Stephen Kagan Steven Kalikow Douglas A. and Rebecca D. Karlson Yeprem and Judy Kelegian William and Elizabeth Kelly Anita Kelly Carolyn D. Kiely Kirkpatrick Family1 KLA-Tencor Corporation Edward S. Klotz Alexander G. Kobayashi Robert Kodweis Paul and Jackie Kuckein Amy L. Lansky Matthew Larsen Barbara W. Lawson LindaSue and Michel Liu Anne and Brent Lucas Tracey Maas Peter and Heather Macdonald Joan and Ib M. Madsen Donna Marcus Mary Marsh Janet A. Martin Danae McLaughlin Robert McMillen Dr. Faye McNair-Knox Charles and Karen Mesirow Donna Miller Irene Miller-Guaraglia and Paul Guaraglia Douglas and Beth Mohr Hugh Molotsi Jeffrey and Janice Morton Robert and Harriet Moss Mark and Laurie Muenchow Merrill and Alicia Newman Keith and Leslie Ota Nordman Robert and Elisabeth Edson Nordman Notre Dame Institute No. 124 One East Palo Alto John and Maria O’Shaughnessy Pacific Gas and Electric Company George Papadoyannis Brian Perkins and Cathrin Callas Project WeHope Joan Ramage Christine Rammler Nancy and Glenn Rankin1 Rob and Julie Reis Matt and Laurie Rohrbach Doris C. Santana Schaumann Philanthropic5 Maybelle M. Schumacher Trust Bernice Schwabacher Barbara P. Sheldon Philip and Sheri Shemanski Pete and Gail Shoemaker Stuart and Terry Silverman Thomas and Deanna Slater Gail Slocum Dr. Frank and Mrs. Karen Sortino Bryan Srabian Roshni and Murari Srinivasan Stauffer Family Fund3 Homer and Mallory Stevens Dorothy H. Stivers Board of Directors Ruben Abrica Jesse Cool Teri Eyre Bud Ferrari Richard Hanley Jerry Hurwitz March 1, 2016 - June 30, 2016 Rebecca and Nick Sunseri Joeleen Tacdol The Benevity Community Impact Fund The Party Staff Inc. James C. Thompson and Sandra I. Hietala Charlene Trinh Charlotte and Harry Turner Beth Urfer Mary Vollinger Verma Walton Roger and Joan Warnke Martin Wheaton J. Arthur and Charleen M. White Robert Wilcox Michael and Virginia Williams Sharon and Will Williams Rita C. Williams and Lindsay Bowen Amanda Wong Anita Wotiz and R. E. Meeker, Jr. Bethzabe I. Yanez In-Kind Gifts Judith E. Abbott Helen Baumann Susan Blau Susan Boiko Karol Bondy Catherine DeLuca Sharon Kristensen Sarah Donaldson Vonnie Estes Suzanne Fortune Jeanette Garretty Romola and Mark Georgia Joan and Alan Henricks Jamie Hui Marguerite B. Janopaul Drew Johnson and Elizabeth E. Joblin Robert P. and Sandra D. Kahn J. Scott Kaspick and Susan Termohlen Praveen Khilnani Carol Lamont Joanna Martin Jessica Mauch Mariar McKenna Danae McLaughlin Michele and John McNellis Elyce Melmon Clem and Jane Molony Sue Oppenheimer Nancy and William Peacock Patrick Pichette Richard Reitman Michelle Rotzin Mary and Allen Ryan Marc Shaw Pete and Gail Shoemaker Alexandra Smith Brenda Smith Myriena Jo Stokes Erica Walden Webcor Builders Incorporated Cory Wolbach Carolyn Yee Dr. Pai-Ling Yin Donor-advised fund of Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund 1 Donor-advised fund of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties 2 Donor-advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation 3 Donor advised fund of Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program 4 Charitable Gift Account at Schwab Charitable Fund 5 Donor advised fund of Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc. 6 Donor advised fund of Benevity Community Impact Fund, a fund of the American Endowment Foundation 7 Donor advised fund of the Los Altos Community Foundation 8 UBS donor advised fund of National Philanthropic Trust 9 Donor advised fund of Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund 10 Donor advised fund of Impact Assets, Inc. 11 Donor advised fund of The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving 12 We have made every effort to list donors accurately. If you have any questions or concerns about this list, please contact Reshma Putnam at (650) 330-6436 or rputnam@jobtrainworks.org. Our Mission JobTrain is committed to helping those who are most in need to succeed. Our purpose is to improve the lives of people in our community through assessment, attitude and job skills training, and high potential career placement. Anees Iqbal Clay Jones J. Scott Kaspick Vivian L. Kral Wade W. Loo Tamar Pichette Kristin Reinke Becky Sunseri Charlene Trinh Tara VanDerveer Michael Williams Rita C. Williams