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Building Futures Right Here at Home.

How the HHS Alumni Association’s Training &
Tools Program is Strengthening Our Local Workforce.

In communities like ours, success stories don’t begin
in boardrooms—they begin in workshops, classrooms,
job sites, and training labs. They begin with individuals
willing to put in the work to build a better future for Training support helps
alumni enter and advance
themselves and their families. in healthcare careers.

The Houlton High School Alumni Association’s Training
& Tools Program exists to support exactly that kind of
determination.

Since its inception, the Training & Tools Program has Grants help fund the tools
awarded thousands of dollars in grants, helping needed to succeed in the
skilled trades.
alumni access job training, certifications, and essential
work tools.

These grants have helped fund: By investing in these individuals, the Alumni Association
• Certification programs in healthcare fields such as is helping build a stronger Southern Aroostook County—
medical assisting and nursing one success story at a time.
• Tools for skilled trades like carpentry, plumbing,
and automotive work The Training & Tools Program reflects our mission:
• Licensing and continuing education for career
advancement To provide scholarship aid to assist Houlton High School
graduates, to support faculty professional development,
“Sometimes, the only thing standing and to meet educational and infrastructure needs not
between someone and a better covered by public funding.
career is a certification - or a set of While scholarships help students take their first steps,
tools. This program helps bridge this program ensures that support continues as alumni
that gap. work to build their careers.

Access to training and tools can be limited in rural areas.
Sometimes, it’s not a lack of ambition that holds This program helps remove those barriers—allowing
someone back—it’s the cost of getting started. local talent to grow, succeed, and stay.

The individuals supported through this program are And when they stay, our entire community benefits.
Houlton High School alumni who have chosen to live
and work right here at home.

They are: Certifications and licensing
• Healthcare workers caring for our families open doors to new oppor-
• Skilled tradespeople building and maintaining our tunities.
community
• Local employees and small business contributors
strengthening our economy

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