A Positive Step of Monroe County’s 2019 “Idle Hands Summer Youth Employment Program” wraps up for the year

A Positive Step of Monroe County’s 2019 “Idle Hands Summer Youth Employment Program” wraps up for the year

 

 

Twenty Key West High School students who participated in the A Positive Step of Monroe County “Idle Hands Youth Employment Program” wrapped up summer jobs with the City of Key West this week.

 

Open to all KWHS students who seek summer work, the program was founded by Billy Davis and is led by KWHS substitute teacher/APSMC class instructor and job coach Danny Clark. Students began work on July 1 and filled a variety of paid positions with the City.

 

Each year since 2010 the City of Key West has provided $35,000 to help APSMC cover the cost of the student employee’s payroll; the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization raises the balance through fundraising efforts throughout the year. Three students over the past two years have come to work for the City as full time employee’s following their “Idle Hands” experience.

 

For more information about the Idle Hands Summer Youth Employment Program and other A Positive Step Monroe County programs visit APSMC.org or contact APSMC founder Billy Davis at 305-304-1969.

Photo: Idle Hands:

Reynaldy Zephir, left, reviews plans that have been submitted to the City of Key West for a fence replacement with Historic Preservation Planner Enid Torregrosa. The Key West High School student is interested in architectural design and construction and interned this summer with the City’s HARC/Planning Department as an A Positive Step of Monroe County “Idle Hands Youth Employment Program” participant.

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