The last two days have been incredible at Empowerment Works.  Tuesday we attended the Dunbar 21st Century Collaboration monthly meeting where we received a donation of two computers from 21st Century Collaboration member GHD Group (https://www.ghd.com). Thank you GHD for your contribution which we will use in our classes and in our apprenticeship program.  It is greatly appreciated!  Your company’s generosity and service to the community is an example of how to become the change we all want to see in the world.

We also heard Tuesday from a company that was referred by another another 21st Century Collaboration member who is an employee of Lee Health.  The company was about to sign up two of their employees for our final summer Small Business Owner Accounting School session that runs July 11 to August 1st.  That leaves only 4 openings in our final session before November.  If you are also interested in the class, call 239-321-7085 for details on how to register.

We had a productive afternoon Tuesday with our current accounting apprentice who spent the afternoon reconciling bank statements and working on client accounting.  She is working hard and learning a lot.  Very proud of her progress.

Wednesday evening we held our second of four weekly classes in our June session of our Small Business Owner Accounting School.  Students learned to write checks, enter and pay vendor bills in QuickBooks.  As of Wednesday evening, we have given 309 apprentice and student classroom QuickBooks training sessions.  46 students have graduated from our Small Business Owner Accounting School.

Empowerment Works mission is to empower individuals living in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr corridor economically through programs that foster employment and new careers.  There is an old saying credited to Maimonides that sums up our intention.   “Give someone a fish and you feed them for a day.  Teach them to fish and you feed them for a lifetime.”  Our goal is to economically empower individuals for a lifetime.  We will continue to help teach and mentor individuals to become empowered entrepreneurs.