Community Involvement

As part of KRA’s annual company-wide Community Care Day Initiative, eight volunteers from the KRA/Camden (NJ) adult and youth workforce program staff visited the local Ronald McDonald House on December 5, 2011, and brought with them enough chicken fingers, salad,… Continue Reading

On December 9, 2011, KRA staff from each adult and youth SC Works program in the Waccamaw Region of South Carolina visited a group home or independent living facility for youth, in the County in which the KRA office is… Continue Reading

Staff from KRA Headquarters (HQ) and KRA’s newest project in Baltimore, Maryland, kicked-off this year’s Community Care Day Initiative on Sunday, December 4 , 2011.  As previously reported, on November 23, Knowlton R. Atterbeary, KRA President & CEO, officially launched 2011… Continue Reading

On November 23, 2011, Knowlton R. Atterbeary officially launched the firm’s 2011 Community Care Day, a company-wide initiative created in 2009 to celebrate the joy of giving and sharing good works with customers and neighbors in the communities the firm… Continue Reading

The Johnson Stewart Community Center (JSCC), located in the heart of a high-poverty area of Hartford’s north end, is the site of a new KRA/CTWorks initiative…a community-based program that provides much-needed workforce development services. Through the “Portal” program, Robert Cauley, KRA/CTWorks… Continue Reading

On Saturday, October 29, 2011, the Imani Community Development Corporation (ICDC) and the Greater Richmond Urban League will be sponsoring a Meet & Greet Workforce Resource Fair. The KRA/RESOURCE Workforce Center (RWC) Program will serve as co-host for the event, which… Continue Reading

Kimberly Staley, KRA Program Manager, and Paul Gagne, KRA Job Developer, were members of the winning CTWorks Team that raised more than $1,300 for Connecticut’s Youth Employment Scholarship Program (YESP)! The race was part of the Hartford Marathon’s X-Treme… Continue Reading

Forgoing a well-deserved Saturday off, on September 3, 2011, KRA/Resource Workforce Center staff were among 50 “vendors”…local businesses, civic groups, and other organizations…that participated in the 5^th Annual Northside We Care Festival, held at the Hotchkiss Community Center in Richmond,… Continue Reading

At 8:30am on June 25, 2011, staff volunteers from the Henrico County KRA/Resource Program met up with “Julia”, Operation Paintbrush Supervisor, to begin painting the home of a local elderly couple. Unfortunately, some “prep” work on the main… Continue Reading

On June 24, 2011, five Horry County Waccamaw Occupational Work-readiness (WOW) Program student-participants attended a culinary arts lecture and hands-on workshop facilitated by Ms. Esther Strickland, owner of a local retail store, who has volunteered her time and culinary… Continue Reading