Megiddo Dream Station opens Aiken Work for Success program
Megiddo Dream Station expands to Aiken with a new campus at Friendship Baptist Church on Richland Avenue. The eight week Work for Success classes start October 5 and run three times yearly to help unemployed men and women become better job candidates. Executive director Kay Benitez notes transportation and space limitations in Graniteville prompted the move and that the program will extend Megiddo’s reach across Aiken County.
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Megiddo expands North Augusta Aiken reach officials say
Megiddo Dream Station leaders say expansions to North Augusta and Aiken will extend service across Aiken County. In Clearwater at Midland Valley First Church of the Nazarene, Work for Success held a Aug 11 graduation with 18 students, continuing a program that since 2014-15 has graduated 37 participants. Graduates Jeff Burton Stephanie Byrne Drey Drummings Rayshard Edmondson and Nikie Roach earned honors with perfect attendance and 40 hours of volunteer work, as Megiddo board chair Greg Tompsett praised the uplifting impact of the program.
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Senior Extravaganza Registration Opens Next Week in Aiken
Registration opens next week for Aiken’s eighth annual Senior Extravaganza a free event for seniors and caretakers at H Odell Weeks Activities Center. More than 80 vendors from health care assisted living and financial services will showcase options from 8 30 a m to 1 15 p m on Sept 16 with sponsors including Tri-County Home Health and Hospice Aiken Regional Medical Centers University Health Care System and Margaret's Garden Adult Daycare. Registrants receive an event T shirt and a lunch by lottery for a portion of attendees.
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Eighth Annual Senior Extravaganza at Weeks Center
The event runs from 8 30 a m to 1 15 p m on September 16 at H Odell Weeks Activities Center 1700 Whiskey Road in Aiken. Admission is free. For more information call 803 642 7631. Maryan Schechter is the digital news editor at Aiken Standard.
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