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Building Stability in Life: Congrats to our Teton Area Grads!
August 12, 2019 | Posted in: Climb Wyoming, Recruitment, Updates
“This training, a first for Climb Wyoming’s Teton Area, represents a massive shift in these women’s lives. Many were unemployed or working really part-time jobs with low pay and no benefits before. Now they have this hugely valuable skill...
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Driving for Change: CDL Training in Action!
July 26, 2019 | Posted in: Climb Wyoming, Updates
As Wyoming faces a serious shortage in commercial drivers, Climb runs several CDL trainings. Watch what it takes to learn all the parts of a truck…and then hit the open road.
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Survival Tools: Improvements in Life and Work Skills
July 19, 2019 | Posted in: Climb Wyoming, Updates
(Above: Climb participants show significant improvements in the skills we all need to survive daily life, including working memory: the ability to remember information and instructions.) Life is stressful. Every day, we are faced with decisions and tasks that...
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Grad’s Perseverance Pays Off with High Wages in the Trucking Industry
July 18, 2019 | Posted in: Climb Wyoming, Recruitment, Updates
(Above: Rachael with her “rig,” which has 18 wheels and can haul 80,000 pounds.) “You become a lot more aware of everything,” says Rachael of being in the driver’s seat of her large Peterbilt truck. Her “rig,” the vehicle...
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The Journey Out of Poverty: Congrats to our Cheyenne Grads!
July 16, 2019 | Posted in: Climb Wyoming, Recruitment
“What really stood out with this group was a collective belief in the importance of their jobs as mothers. Each woman felt strongly that she must earn her children’s trust and become a parent that they deserve and can...
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Behind the Scenes: Women in Wyoming
July 10, 2019 | Posted in: Climb Profile, Climb Wyoming
The groundbreaking multimedia project WOMEN IN WYOMING: PORTRAITS & INTERVIEWS OF WOMEN WHO SHAPE THE WEST selected Climb Wyoming for its Chapter II: Power, capturing the words and images of several graduates and staff. The project is the brainchild...
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Driving for Change: Congrats to Our Sweetwater Area Grads
June 13, 2019 | Posted in: Climb Wyoming, Recruitment, Updates
“The tenacious moms in this program showed incredible grit! They have fought poverty with everything they’ve got so that they can gain financial stability for their families. “I love the person I am becoming. All I have ever wanted...
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