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BLUE JACKET GARDEN HELPS EX-OFFENDERS AND COMMUNITY
Blue Jacket Inc. is starting a farmers market and community garden just south of downtown Fort Wayne in the Calhoun Street corridor.
CANI, BLUE JACKET PARTNERSHIP EXPANDS EMPLOYMENT TRAINING
When the board of directors of Community Action of Northeast Indiana decided that organization should get more involved in employment training and placement initiatives, it just made sense to turn to another agency with experience in that area.
PERMANENT HOME GIFTED TO BLUE JACKET
The Anthony Wayne Services Foundation announced Wednesday it has donated a 1 1/4 -acre campus, a 19,000-square-foot building and gardens to Blue Jacket Inc.
AWS FOUNDATION DONATES CAMPUS TO BLUE JACKET INC.
Blue Jacket Inc. now owns the 1¼- acre campus and 19,000-square-foot building it has occupied at 2826 S. Calhoun St. since 2012.
AWS FOUNDATION DONATES SOUTH CENTRAL CAMPUS TO BLUE JACKET, INC.
The Fort Wayne nonprofit Blue Jacket, Inc. no longer has to pay rent. The AWS Foundation donated a quarter acre campus to the workforce training organization last week.
AWS FOUNDATION DONATES SOUTH CENTRAL CAMPUS TO BLUE JACKET, INC.
The AWS Foundation generously donated 1 ¼ acre campus, 19,000 sq. ft. building, and gardens to Blue Jacket, Inc., a Fort Wayne-based non-profit serving the hard to employ.
JOBS IS PART ONE OF A CRIME SERIES ON INFORTWAYNE
If people have jobs – the reasoning goes – they’re less likely to return to jail, a phenomenon known as “recidivism.” We talked with Blue Jacket leaders and program participants to see how they fare, and got some encouraging answers.
LINCOLN FINANCIAL FOUNDATION AWARDS BLUE JACKET, INC.!
Lincoln Financial Foundation’s grant will support Blue Jacket’s strategic goal to serve a greater population of people who want to become self-sufficient.
ORGANIZATIONS FOCUS ON BUILDING SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Two local agencies are working to decrease the unemployment rate by building skills. They said there are quite a few jobs available in the area, but people need to learn how to market themselves more effectively.
THANK YOU! 2013 ENDED IN SUCCESS AND 2014 IS BRIGHT
Our mid-year fundraising goal was $50,000 and with 68 individual and corporate donors, we raised $48,545. We are proud of what we do, and thankful for everyone that helped.
GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: TONY GORDON
Gordon credits the life skills Blue Jacket taught him with helping him find his way to a productive career with the Insul-Coustic Corporation in the former International Harvester complex on south Coliseum Boulevard. For the last two years, Gordon has worked for the company making parts for John Deere, Caterpillar, and other premier corporations.
BLUE JACKET FEATURED AS CJP’S NON-PROFIT OF THE MONTH
Blue Jacket, Inc. was recently selected as Crown Jewel Production's "Non-Profit of the Month."