100 Jobs For 100 Kids Event Coming In Yakima

I’ve mentioned in previous articles how I didn’t receive an allowance growing up. I collected aluminum cans for my spending money.

One of my father’s ‘side gigs’ was doing custodial work at his place of employment on Sundays. My brother and I would go along and help.

Every Sunday (unless we were staying with our grandparents) my brother and I would go and clean Talcott Music Store (currently The Little Soap Maker) in Yakima. My father would clean the bathrooms, and my brother and I would dust, sweep, and vacuum.

Even when I was too little to use a standard upright vacuum, my dad had me use a small handheld one and clean the stairs.

On the weekends that I wasn’t helping my dad (because I was staying with my grandparents), my grandfather usually had me working in the orchards.

That was a normal part of my childhood until I got my first real ‘W2 Form’ job at a fruit stand in Naches.

Some might say that this was child labor, whereas as I looked at it at the time and now, I worked hard, learned skills, and developed a strong work ethic.

Those three goals are exactly what the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) of Washington aims to achieve with their 100 Jobs For 100 Kids event!

What is the 100 Jobs For 100 Kids event?

The 100 Jobs for 100 Kids event is a partnership between the Downtown Yakima Rotary as well as Safe Yakima Valley aimed to help high school-aged youngsters get a jump on a future career!

Showing kids different and exciting job opportunities, teaching them the steps to get started and achieve their goals in their professional lives.

When and Where is The 100 Jobs For 100 Kids event?

The event runs from 11 am to 5 pm on Wednesday, April 30th at the Henry Beauchamp Community Center (1211 South 7th Street) in Yakima, WA.

For more information on the 100 Jobs For 100 Kids event and to get registered, CLICK HERE.

If you need help, you can reach out to Daisy Najar @ 509-575-6114.

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