• Helping young adults build tech careers | The grief garden at Awbury Arboretum

    Technology is a growing field ripe with opportunities, if you know where to look. Hopeworks introduces young adults in Philadelphia and Camden, NJ to tech jobs they might not have known existed, providing training and job experience for people ages 17 to 27, and breaking down barriers to employment like housing insecurity and mental health […]
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  • How to Use ChatGPT for Your Resume and Job Search

    Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing how many people do their jobs nowadays. But AI tools like ChatGPT aren’t only for those who are already employed. They can also be beneficial to job seekers. “I’m a big believer in embracing technology … when it’s used the right way,” says Marcie Wechsler, executive vice president of talent solutions for […]
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  • A New Era For Water Management: Harnessing GIS Innovations And Collaboration For A Resilient Future

    Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are advancing the water sector in expected ways — resource planning and asset management — while also offering exciting, new opportunities. As the water industry adapts to the current technological revolution, 2025 promises to be a pivotal year for integrating GIS advancements. With rapid developments in high-accuracy global navigation satellite systems […]
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Hopeworks Gets Foundation Grant to Train EMTs, Medical Assistants

December 2, 2024
CAMDEN – Hopeworks, the Camden-based nonprofit that offers a variety of training programs that prepare young people to earn a livable wage in the workforce, has received a $660,000 grant to support students with scholarships as they learn to be EMTs and medical assistants. The Haines Family Foundation of Egg Harbor City, Atlantic County, awarded the […]
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At Hopeworks, a job-training program helps turn young people’s dreams into digital skills | Philly Gives

December 1, 2024
For a quarter century, the organization — which has offices in Camden and Kensington — has helped students realize big aspirations. Today, it offers computer training with trauma-informed care. How can someone even dare to hope? Where is hope when home is friends’ couches, a different one every week, when depression hangs like a heavy […]
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Lenfest and Philly Media Support Work of Emerging Local Nonprofits

November 25, 2024
The Lenfest Institute of Journalism has become a catalyst for change and innovation in Philadelphia’s media ecosystem. With the holidays approaching, a new initiative might become a game-changer for nonprofits in the Delaware Valley. The Philadelphia Foundation, in partnership with the Lenfest Institute for Journalism and supported by a grant from the William Penn Foundation, […]
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Hopeworks Receives $660K for Medical Training Program

November 25, 2024
The Haines Family Foundation awarded Camden-based Hopeworks a $660,000 grant to support young adults interested in a career in the medical field.  Hopeworks is a nonprofit social enterprise that empowers young adults to establish living-wage careers. The organization will use the grant to create a medical scholarship fund. It will also expand its program supporting students interested in becoming […]
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Hopeworks Receives $660K for Medical Training Program

November 24, 2024
The Haines Family Foundation awarded Camden-based Hopeworks a $660,000 grant to support young adults interested in a career in the medical field. Hopeworks is a nonprofit social enterprise that empowers young adults to establish living-wage careers. The organization will use the grant to create a medical scholarship fund. It will also expand its program supporting […]
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