October 17th, 2025

This week's photo highlights our corpsmembers exploring future opportunities during a college campus tour at De Anza Community College. They learned about degree and certification programs, transfer pathways, and how to navigate life as a college student. It was an inspiring day full of questions, curiosity, and new possibilities. 

For a chance to be featured on the photo of the week, please email your best pictures to social@sjcccs.org or share your team updates on Slack!

OUR RECENT GRADUATES

School’s out for these graduates! While the stage walk comes later, the hard work is officially done. Big congratulations to everyone who finished earlier this month.

TIME TO CELEBRATE

Congratulations to Francisco L. for earning his forklift certification and proudly celebrating with a custom shirt! A big shoutout also goes to Kenneth M., our September Zero Waste Corpsmember of the Month, for his great attitude and for helping train others in the call center.  

WELCOME OUR NEWEST SUPERVISORS

Please give a warm welcome to our three newest Field Site Supervisors: Francisco M., Joey D., and Ulises P.V.!

Some fun facts about each of them:

• Francisco M. used to be a corpsmember in the Projects department! He is also an avid outdoorsman who started fishing at 5 years old.

• Joey D. worked for the Natural Resource Conservation service, with California being the 6th state he’s worked in. He also likes to read and write mystery stories.

• Ulises P.'s goal in life is to one day become a firefighter. He’s training for the CPAT fire agility program. He loves all things Star Wars and Disney.

We’re so excited to welcome these new team members and look forward to all the energy, ideas, and fun they’ll bring to our organization!

THE 411 ON RECYCLING

Last month, Zero Waste partnered with the Charter School to bring an interactive and educational experience to Mr. Saltman's Nonfiction English Language Development classes. Corpsmembers attended a presentation by Zero Waste Coordinator Charli J., tested their knowledge with a lively Kahoot! quiz, and participated in a hands-on recycling audit outdoors. 

A big thank-you to everyone who helped coordinate the event and to all who participated. We hope the experience sparked curiosity and helped corpsmembers walk away with valuable insights about recycling and sustainability. 

SCRAPS TO SOLUTIONS

Zero Waste Corpsmembers are taking food waste from all East Side Union High School District schools to be made into compost at the Newby Island Resource Recovery Park. This week, 1660 lbs. of food was made into compost instead of going to the landfill. Great job, everyone!

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OCTOBER JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Check out some exciting job opportunities for October!

HALLOWEEN DOOR DECORATING CONTEST

Get ready to unleash your creativity and bring the Halloween spirit to life! Join our annual Halloween Door Decorating Contest and show off your spooky style! All corpsmembers and staff are welcome to participate. Please read all the guidelines above be sure to submit your photos no later than October 22nd at 5pm! Photos can be submitted to Gabrielle Garrett. Happy Haunting!👻🕸️ 

DATA PROTECTION TIPS

Your personal and company information is valuable, and vulnerable. Take a moment to review this flyer and learn simple, effective ways to keep data safe at work. 

YOUR FEEDBACK MATTERS

We have a feedback email available to everyone (both staff and corpsmembers). Feel free to scan the QR code above or email feedback@sjcccs.org directly. If you have any questions about this channel of feedback, you can email Jasmine F.