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HELPFUL LINKS:
Donate Life
Gift of Life
Center for Organ Donation & Recovery
PennDOT
Do you love to eat? Love to cook? Maybe you want to be a personal chef for a rock band, or an executive chef at a fancy hotel. Do you want to feed the hungry, or help people make smart decisions about their daily nutrition? A career working with food means more than cooking in a restaurant (although there's that option, too!) and you can explore all of them in this edition of Workin' It!
HELPFUL LINKS:
Pennsylvania CareerLink
Occupational Information Network
Pennsylvania Occupational Outlook Handbook
Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Art Institute of Pittsburgh Culinary Institute
Who's your role model? Do you look to your parents . . . or pattern your actions after your favorite celebrity? Meet teens like you who talk about the role models in their life, and how and why they chose them.
HELPFUL LINKS:
Teenagers Today
Families.com
Wikipedia
In Allentown, Pennsylvania, one unique program helps teens resist risks and deal with the social issues stacking the deck against them – by giving them a skill that serves the community and builds pride and self-esteem. . . and it does it all by teaching them how to repair bikes!
HELPFUL LINKS:
Community Bike Works
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