COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE SERVED RESIDENTS WHO PROCURED OVER 120,000 HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT DISCOUNTED PRICES TO IMPROVE THEIR HOUSEHOLDS. COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE PROVIDED JOBS FOR 57 PEOPLE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR: 35 EMPLOYEES ON PAYROLL PLUS 22 TRANSITIONAL JOB STAFF. 34 EMPLOYEES OF COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE WERE FORMERLY INCARCERATED, UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED, NEVER EMPLOYED, OR HAVE COME FROM BACKGROUND CHALLENGED LIVES WITH 19 PROVIDED FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT. TRAINING IN VARIOUS SKILLS INCLUDING FORKLIFT CERTIFICATION, WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT, EMPLOYMENT DEPENDABILITY, AND GENERAL WORK AND LIFE SKILLS. MANY HAD BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR MONTHS AND COULD NOT FIND GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT ELSEWHERE.
