Community Action, Inc empowers individuals, families and communities to overcome poverty through education, training, advocacy, prevention and services to meet basic human needs. We offer hope and assistance with respect and understanding.
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Employment / Volunteer Opportunities
Community Action, Inc. is a private non-profit organization established in 1965 to address the causes and consequences of poverty in the Greater Haverhill, Amesbury and Newburyport areas. We currently employ approximately 140 employees (both full-time and part-time) throughout our service area. We have an outstanding benefit package and it is available to eligible employees.
Community Action, Inc. now offers Red Cross Certification training in the following areas. Trainings held at The Fox Center, 75 Elm Street, Haverhill, MA
Adult CPR and AED training This course trains individuals in the skills and knowledge necessary to recognize and provide basic care for breathing emergienceis, perform CPR, and use an automated external defiibrilator (AED) for victims of sudden cardiac arrest, until advanced medical personnel arrive and take over.
UPDATE: Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year winners...
The Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce on Friday morning gave Business of the Year awards to:
Service (Not for Profit): Ruth's House
Service (For Profit) Coldwell Banker/Jefferson Davis
Manufacturing/Industrial: King Graphics
Buy the book: Sale benefits Haverhill Public Library...
The Friends of the Haverhill Public Library want you to take home books from the library and never bring them back. There is a catch, however.
You've got to pay for them. But at a dollar or two a book — or a bag of them, depending on the day — it's a deal that's hard to resist.
Haverhill Mayor Jim Fiorentini said he is pleased that Gov. Deval Patrick has submitted a budget that wouldn't cut local aid, but state Rep. Barbara L'Italien, vice chairwoman of the House Ways and Means Committee, cautioned that local aid may be cut by the time the budget is final.
RETURN TO HGAZETTE.COM FOR REGULAR UPDATES ON THE CITY'S FINANCES.
Local veterans are finding work, the result of a half-million dollar training grant to the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center in Haverhill.
SEE NEXT WEEK'S PRINT AND ONLINE EDITIONS OF THE HAVERHILL GAZETTE TO MEET A VETERAN WHO FOUND A JOB THROUGH THE OUTREACH CENTER'S PROGRAM.
Job training and placement help are available to more than 300 local veterans in a variety of fields, including the growing "green" jobs sector, said outreach center Executive Director John Ratka.
Did you recognize last week's photo (below)? It was quite timely, given the events of this week.
The photo showed a crowd of 3,000 who came out to cheer the 1920 Haverhill football team on its national championship.
