Young people urged to join CCC

Young adults with a desire to help preserve nature can apply now with

the California Conservation Corps.

Corpsmembers work to protect natural resources and serve as

emergency response forces. Work ranges between building trails, to

filling sandbags and laying down protective plastic after a levee

break in the San Joaquin Delta.

No experience is necessary and corpsmembers are guaranteed a

40-hour workweek. Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 23.

Corpsmembers can earn their high school diplomas and college

credits in the program.

Participants can also get a paycheck and earn up to $2,000 in

scholarship money for college.

Call (800) 952-5627 or log on o www.ccc.ca.gov for more

information.

Darleene Barrientos