Program Gives Students as Young as 14 years old Vital Work and Career Skills

July 27, 2015…For over 25 years the Glen Cove Youth Bureau has served as a conduit for teens ages 14 to 18 years old to gain valuable works skills through their unique summer employment program. The Glen Cove Summer Youth Employment Program (SYE) has employed almost 600 students during its tenure and provided many young adults with their first real job. Students work in July and August on projects that help beautify Glen Cove, start their career network and learn to make their own money. “We instill in our student employees a sense of responsibility, accountability and the importance of communication and team work,” said Jacquelyn Yonick, Youth Program Coordinator, City of Glen Cove Youth Bureau and a former Youth Bureau team supervisor from 2002. Currently there are 29 youth ages 14 to18 along with 5 college students (ages 18-21) hired as supervisors and a summer coordinator for this important program.