{"id":2675,"date":"2017-03-07T13:04:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T20:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2017-03-17T13:43:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T20:43:40","slug":"clothing-bank-offers-opportunities-to-cbi-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/clothing-bank-offers-opportunities-to-cbi-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Clothing Bank Offers Opportunities to CBI Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Yamilex Garcia and Omar\u00a0Quintana<\/p>\n

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On Dec. 16, 2016, Pueblo Magnet High School held its grand opening to commemorate the school\u2019s first clothing bank, in the former T-5 building, offering a enormous variety of shoes, clothes and accessories for boys and girls\u2014as well as adults\u2014in need of these items.<\/p>\n

The clothing bank also teaches Pueblo\u2019s CBI students special job skills including sewing, ironing, working with the cash register and stocking items regularly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s challenging for our CBI students to get jobs, so we\u2019re offering opportunities to build on their resume of skills,\u201d said Ms. Trevia Heath, who is Pueblo\u2019s Exceptional Education Coordinator.<\/p>\n

Everything in the community bank was donated by teachers, staff and students. All working items are then washed, ironed, and hung in the clothing bank racks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it needs to be washed, vended or sewed, we teach our students how to fix it,\u201d said Heath.<\/p>\n

Health acknowledged many Pueblo individuals for making the clothing bank a reality\u2014and especially the following: Ms. Rhonda Alexander, Mr. Derek Gunnels, Ms. Jamie Hogue and Mr. Miguel Sandoval.<\/p>\n

Gunnels said, \u201cThe entire project was Ms. Heath\u2019s idea, and slowly but surely, it became a reality. Our first period core class helped us a lot with getting the clothing bank looking the way it is today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sophomore Celestina Mari\u00f1ez, one of the many students who were instrumental in helping to make the clothing bank a reality, said, \u201cI wish people could have seen this space a year ago! I was one of the first people to be in this room and wonder if we could really make it work. But, Ms. Heath never let us believe that we couldn\u2019t achieve this dream. There were pigeons living in here! And, you can\u2019t believe all of the [trash] that we found while cleaning this room!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mari\u00f1ez said that she will be one of the workers in the clothing bank. She said that she is looking forward to her training\u2014learning how to be a cashier, a stocker and anything else that needs to be done.<\/p>\n

Heath said that many individuals made this clothing bank possible, including: Dr. Augustine Romero (principal) and the rest of the administrative team; TSW staff members; Tucson area businesses (Cathey\u2019s Sew and Vac, Home Depot, Office Depot and Lowe\u2019s Home Improvement) as well as the entire Pueblo community, including parents, who have been \u201cbeyond generous,\u201d Heath said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been overwhelmed with people\u2019s generosity,\u201d Heath said. \u201cSome of these donations have been individuals outside of the school, which means a lot to the Pueblo community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The clothing bank owes its existence to the WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), who approved the $10,000 grant which was used to buy racks, hangers and sewing machines\u2014among other items necessary to making the clothing bank a reality.<\/p>\n

Students in need of any sort of clothing item or accessory can simply talk to the teachers, who then refer them to the TWS staff.<\/p>\n

Heath said, \u201cSometimes it\u2019s hard for students to ask for help, so we make it a discreet process.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that if a grant gets approved for next year, her plan is to open a greenhouse near the Science Club\u2019s garden.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis [garden] could definitely give students a chance to learn agricultural skills and add to their resumes,\u201d Heath said.<\/p>\n

Read report by Barbara Grijalva of Tucson News Now:
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