%PDF-1.7 1 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Outlines 2 0 R /Pages 3 0 R >> endobj 2 0 obj << /Type /Outlines /Count 0 >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Type /Pages /Kids [6 0 R 36 0 R 50 0 R ] /Count 3 /Resources << /ProcSet 4 0 R /Font << /F1 8 0 R /F2 9 0 R /F3 10 0 R /F4 11 0 R /F5 12 0 R >> /XObject << /I1 14 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 33 0 R /GS2 34 0 R /GS3 38 0 R /GS4 39 0 R >> >> /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] >> endobj 4 0 obj [/PDF /Text /ImageC ] endobj 5 0 obj << /Producer (dompdf 3.1.0 + CPDF) /CreationDate (D:20250831101601+00'00') /ModDate (D:20250831101601+00'00') >> endobj 6 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Annots [ 15 0 R 17 0 R 19 0 R 21 0 R 24 0 R 27 0 R 30 0 R ] /Contents 7 0 R >> endobj 7 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1634 >> stream xXr6+QhI;IwNk8 D$4g$vOcDhι^h4 & }H,- :eJ,bEKhِK)+X%$T-~׋_(z8YL'5_JiaEBate%SUEpVTOIK(<5uA0\f[Zv_ JvEӤ7TV[, fYk䚛3LDKqv2;%`x[+fJ[@+}$7`5QRMQaTt}kQ4xfՆ9F\qn@J7gt)UZ]#L`x0,:!)E.y ٍ<`u5P}W@W&Fk- \5G( cײ)͚VR+Fdز1FD[frU{nA"FCוlRJC9[|<|;9V4V8 әcGK)8 Awz,+|/nB{1R`4bUuBn_Oq#`${c?_!hZkEVR>'gRXέ,iah[yi4DÃ'A{azf#0q[ힵlm;^ޟS -d'VגϫIS_?>vJM}l.>>>dza3i%>'6l $_KB@I[u=oUr]~3J$jiN_8G]gX|2p 6et?g e ̇UC;ma$jj2"-Srs7%"^s#O7.9jQvCd$&.7~E WoyyTdVn9o!V_hӬma]W}ŵF R|+J1a ʰ&4M(kMcV܇Ap) UKAQmp)0,;d+3l/`#|pUk[;"ܑ;Mү)pN뮶L4`F2hhORhr*f[#s]f q&12CbZQa&;n9]B`M^ZTLa+5zg%pJ3!1< ˯C/5\R|ުe7 [ʚKs8]h-s1(TſKhpԔLf8P9N/&_ݭ0Y:! 7!F9M/Jv<>D8zL endstream endobj 8 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F1 /BaseFont /Helvetica /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 9 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F2 /BaseFont /Times-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F3 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 11 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F4 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 12 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F5 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Oblique /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 13 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 14 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 125 /Height 125 /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /Filter /DCTDecode /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 2796>> stream JFIFC    !'"#%%%),($+!$%$C   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$}}" P)F$fYkO=jhĊHFt J @uI 7&DY $LH,rFa/3A.8h3%гB܏ 7<1^tɥFWfpѳUMm}X7tiugώ_Ǫoc@ݛ=wU]nN4e,$" !1A`cf͛;6lٳgGGGGGF͛6lٳf͛6lٳf͝óv{4#V܎;w3#}֤~Ɋr(1NG]t?#R% :dm\M5<oA;~ =lFt^*a@2AuSYHy W{<ī[d~ t D LB8YLFWZ)!1AQaq0 @P?!u_:JѹrVe=~7r`$e=ω~{x~rzKP\xH~r.1>R a%[Hgu&{4WohaLnPIRE^ry7#^-"S<l/Cm¦IK7[ԆZM#(G>^TL0S2]ͤ) aX re8e +,3̻ ?Ȋ mZkLUXa/&0^V~mzh(de:/dAYO#T Zijݩu\+^P,EZ6z53 /gUd[Rh0\Kw-ˮufұ|K|Cìb '%U/q'?ҁe 5*;lx?[RO!1a AQq?!B !=pBaA$H$!?"LizؕbԬB A!1?։w)HB3Q} "8?C eCKXD'!1QAaq 0? RJ ^.J0#  RJ*TF`55G"D$H ~>c2ˋ3\ŗBS#Ne*a/įQ}_8sGye=_9<甧>;wþys<3''YpM amf e҇\ǨGqZű2҅Sq3(_Ia^8#FKtp{ W9*Xae=1z&W ? {_l4ٵBԭJC#kY!ctxឹ ižV` G^&1kY} 3wZ@|Aq٧"N埙uUACH I- drEJQM.68DZ^xBP(8{sÎau&s zq ~"暂,R9آ彥!A\'@]S}v\(m&;Y]׉Mj qCB:j^QV 'AW!)l]29l5|fMpu*>> endobj 16 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://www.facebook.com/thesalvationarmyaurora/) >> endobj 17 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /F 28 /A 18 0 R /Border [0 0 0] /H /I /Rect [ 35.0000 554.8934 293.7200 567.1034 ] >> endobj 18 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://www.facebook.com/thesalvationarmyaurora/) >> endobj 19 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /F 28 /A 20 0 R /Border [0 0 0] /H /I /Rect [ 35.0000 540.2414 71.0120 552.4514 ] >> endobj 20 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://www.facebook.com/thesalvationarmyaurora/) >> endobj 21 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /F 28 /A 22 0 R /Border [0 0 0] /H /I /Rect [ 125.0360 496.2854 289.7720 508.4954 ] >> endobj 22 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://ccidenver.org/) >> endobj 23 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 24 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /F 28 /A 25 0 R /Border [0 0 0] /H /I /Rect [ 35.0000 426.2990 1188.1160 438.5090 ] >> endobj 25 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://caringmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Construction1.jpg) >> endobj 26 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 27 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /F 28 /A 28 0 R /Border [0 0 0] /H /I /Rect [ 275.7680 160.3394 508.5080 172.5494 ] >> endobj 28 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://www.hbadenver.com/) >> endobj 29 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 30 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /F 28 /A 31 0 R /Border [0 0 0] /H /I /Rect [ 35.0000 119.6570 1101.4520 131.8670 ] >> endobj 31 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://caringmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Construction2.jpg) >> endobj 32 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 33 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 0.3 >> endobj 34 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 0.3 >> endobj 35 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 36 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Annots [ 40 0 R 42 0 R 44 0 R 47 0 R ] /Contents 37 0 R >> endobj 37 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1616 >> stream xXM6ﯘ=4շ^m M @Kͮ$$3}"ɒ83|W?Kip9Q]_4~q$rN)NDDtO~Hr\VO>X[\T(Y\y;^\1%Z)<U1v;zfZcecpq) & c%i?zEO{z';yL37h bVbg^{lH^Y˭O{ǂY# e̡wS6_7~Z%nF՜ekcKG+7Yʴنk`?N`JD;bNIjrw0ߐfl=Uԭ#B~wٟO=W3jrXh3\L8A7T+Jj+{D7-}r z iD$Xlp(s [3XlHY" "[P8qqK)»o(n]--{ژ z":ikMh{ZZN5UBVEsD8aG6J+ksVƪ֓{hɵ}8mX#(lwT2 ԔT:fW\$N,9+)}G*Jӝy͢X¸rq?uߜ,-"8=LȧH5 tV7I7Tt' 0&s(R[J}0<[c7ߣlj70 tA~z7 40a 0FUQ V]| g_WmR}$Ax 6$Ո10Ӄ1FP)=B& \Dz W0' D/U&u~\yqJcv, Y#GA.3<@nȚDP8簽H#JPЈ!d"_ OˢsV RF?IYs ;⽷>?྿';0_[i$q&$BH gć5ƥaGqiuz endstream endobj 38 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 1 >> endobj 39 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 1 >> endobj 40 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /F 28 /A 41 0 R /Border [0 0 0] /H /I /Rect [ 117.7280 386.8634 285.7760 399.0734 ] >> endobj 41 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://www.rtd-denver.com/) >> endobj 42 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /F 28 /A 43 0 R /Border [0 0 0] /H /I /Rect [ 401.1800 345.5594 541.2320 357.7694 ] >> endobj 43 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://www.adworks.org/) >> endobj 44 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /F 28 /A 45 0 R /Border [0 0 0] /H /I /Rect [ 35.0000 330.9074 132.3560 343.1174 ] >> endobj 45 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://www.adworks.org/) >> endobj 46 0 obj [36 0 R /Fit] endobj 47 0 obj << /Type /Annot /Subtype /Link /F 28 /A 48 0 R /Border [0 0 0] /H /I /Rect [ 35.0000 219.6170 1164.1520 231.8270 ] >> endobj 48 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://caringmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Construction3.jpg) >> endobj 49 0 obj [36 0 R /Fit] endobj 50 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Annots [ 52 0 R ] /Contents 51 0 R >> endobj 51 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1010 >> stream x}V˒6+&jM)9m։k]qUU. "RXE$!bgCJkĢ(_~YQOe\Ъo1 h!t{N[AN~->R+qTkO/#wѽ'Z_WWHeΊ 9#lz^R"eQ|#@jQZo7łH 7_ )^Ƭ̲JG_eݯA=F8'UCVC&w~S_qģ#y#XbeR+ ݔk ?ooG!&Za 3&I ocqKO HN%JJVQ g8-JF minBXH< VتպB?pY3|?܄`^Pp h-FFoa-hJURK O(XZw;$45U*$x^cDւ%+cPxkϔm}-{aƍxxΙWY!Ԕ~ǻQL֛ CP2\8%zA 89a0>a 㕊0w hŒQȋ@iljwc-xxPz,%]Kh uc[4d֬HXAxw9u oAĖӢ{zE7Ԟ^f<ġr,'㡴Peh(E[O79uR)d)_'0“+K;n> endobj 53 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://www.newfrontierchronicle.org/pictures-of-hope-become-reality/) >> endobj xref 0 54 0000000000 65535 f 0000000009 00000 n 0000000074 00000 n 0000000120 00000 n 0000000424 00000 n 0000000461 00000 n 0000000610 00000 n 0000000774 00000 n 0000002481 00000 n 0000002588 00000 n 0000002696 00000 n 0000002806 00000 n 0000002919 00000 n 0000003035 00000 n 0000003064 00000 n 0000006028 00000 n 0000006162 00000 n 0000006262 00000 n 0000006395 00000 n 0000006495 00000 n 0000006627 00000 n 0000006727 00000 n 0000006861 00000 n 0000006935 00000 n 0000006964 00000 n 0000007098 00000 n 0000007221 00000 n 0000007250 00000 n 0000007384 00000 n 0000007462 00000 n 0000007491 00000 n 0000007625 00000 n 0000007748 00000 n 0000007777 00000 n 0000007836 00000 n 0000007895 00000 n 0000007924 00000 n 0000008069 00000 n 0000009759 00000 n 0000009816 00000 n 0000009873 00000 n 0000010007 00000 n 0000010086 00000 n 0000010220 00000 n 0000010296 00000 n 0000010429 00000 n 0000010505 00000 n 0000010535 00000 n 0000010669 00000 n 0000010792 00000 n 0000010822 00000 n 0000010946 00000 n 0000012030 00000 n 0000012163 00000 n trailer << /Size 54 /Root 1 0 R /Info 5 0 R /ID[] >> startxref 12284 %%EOF Construction school launches in Aurora | Caring Magazine
Read Caring Magazine Volume 29

Vol. #29

Hope in Action

Read Issue

Latest Impact StoriesView All

Popular Topics

PopularView All

Construction school launches in Aurora

January 14, 2016
3 minute read
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
Listen to this article

By Caramie Schnell Petrowsky –

A miter saw buzzes loudly as seven men work together to cut boards in the courtyard of The Salvation Army Aurora (Colo.) Corps Community Center. It’s a sunny Tuesday in November, and the men are building two picnic tables under the watchful eye of Robert McElreavey, the boot camp instructor for the Colorado Construction Institute (CCI). The tables are currently flipped upside down on the ground, but they’ll soon give the facility’s food bank clients a place to sit while they wait in line.

Robert McElreavey (center), the boot camp instructor for the Colorado Construction Institute, checks the work of two of the construction school attendees at The Salvation Army Aurora (Colo.) Corps Community Center.
Robert McElreavey (center), the boot camp instructor for the Colorado Construction Institute, checks the work of two of the construction school attendees at The Salvation Army Aurora (Colo.) Corps Community Center.

It’s the beginning of the men’s fourth week of construction school, a new program Lts. Timothy and Tanya Pemberton launched at the corps in early November.

In just 30 days participants learn construction basics including safety and carpentry tools (a set of which they’ll get to keep upon graduating), as well as professional skills, such as the importance of attendance and punctuality. The goal is to help every student get a job in construction after they graduate. The “pre-apprentice program” even helps them create resumes and secure job interviews.

“We open the door—they just have to step through,” McElreavey said.

Although it’s a pilot program for the corps, the CCI leads similar camps throughout the Denver Metro area, he said. The CCI’s partnership with the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver helps provide a pathway to employment for any graduate interested in the homebuilding industry.

Steve Holmes, left, was one of seven men who took part in the inaugural construction school offered by Colorado Construction Institute at the Salvation Army Aurora Corps Community Center in Aurora.
Steve Holmes, left, was one of seven men who took part in the inaugural construction school offered by Colorado Construction Institute at the Salvation Army Aurora Corps Community Center in Aurora.

According to McElreavey, 98 percent of students find jobs following graduation.

Steve Holmes, a recent graduate of the Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) in Denver, likes those odds. A certified crane operator, Holmes grew “sick of fighting addiction” and worried his drinking would have irreversible effects if he didn’t take action.

“I was driving $100,000 trucks at 70 miles an hour. If I would have made a wrong turn because I still wasn’t right from the night before, I could cause a little damage,” he said, sarcastically.

He hopes to be hired by a company that offers an electrical apprenticeship program.

“If this is the first step [toward that goal], then why not?” he said.

Two of Holmes’ ARC program mates are also taking part in the construction school. The men’s tuition—$3,000 for the four-week program—and bus passes to get to and from the center, were donated by the Regional Transportation District, as part of its development training initiative, according to Tanya Pemberton.

The other four students attend the program on scholarships from the Arapahoe/Douglas Works! Workforce Center.

Lts. Pemberton identified the need for the construction school within a month of being appointed to Aurora last summer. Aurora’s 4.7 percent unemployment rate outpaces the statewide rate of 4.2 percent. Moreover, “there were no bridging programs for the ARC” that offered recent graduates a way to gain employable skills and qualify for jobs that pay a livable wage, outside of fast food restaurants, Tanya Pemberton said.

Lt. Tanya Pemberton and her son Justin at the Salvation Army Aurora Corps Community Center in Aurora. Tanya had the idea for the new construction school at the center, which hosted its first class in November.
Lt. Tanya Pemberton and her son Justin at the Salvation Army Aurora Corps Community Center in Aurora. Tanya had the idea for the new construction school at the center, which hosted its first class in November.

The ARC program is close to the Pembertons’ hearts since Timothy Pemberton graduated from the program nearly a decade ago, thus getting sober and saving the couple’s marriage.

Tanya Pemberton learned about the mobile CCI programs after agreeing to hold an Arapahoe/Douglas Works! job fair at the corps.

“They asked if they could tap into my food bank clients to find people for the school,” she said. “I said, ‘Let’s take it bigger. Maybe we can have the school here.’”

The Salvation Army initially declined the idea.

“I had to show them it was a great opportunity,” she said. “They’ve seen the value and offered support. Maybe we can be a test case so we can replicate it in other Salvation Army centers.”

There’s room for 12 people in each program; five women from the ARC are slated to begin the next session. In the meantime, Tanya Pemberton is diligently spreading the word at the other Salvation Army shelters in Denver and doing what she can to connect with current students.

“We provide lunch for them, and once a week I go and eat with them,” she said. “I give the ARC guys a ride home when I can. I look at it as a ministry opportunity.”

Download this page as a PDF

You May Also Like