Students participating in the Surry-Yadkin Works program include, from left, top row, Katie Kellam of Elkin High School, Mount Airy High School’s Jenny Cortes, Natalie Evans, and Raydan Hawks; second row, Mount Airy’s Carlos Salmeron; East Surry High School students Ripley Cottrell, Hailey Flynn, Victor Hall; third row, Cassidy Hewitt, Chloe Hunter, Tynlee Jones, Julie Marshall, and, bottom row, Brianna Whitaker.
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DOBSON — Surry-Yadkin Works, the first community-based internship program of its kind in North Carolina covering a two-county region, is hosting a virtual kickoff on Tuesday, March 9, at 11 a.m. for anyone who would like to learn more about this business and education initiative.
To join the virtual meeting, enter bit.ly/SYWKickoff in your web browser to join the video conference. You may need to do a quick download of the Microsoft Teams app before joining the meeting.
Crystal Folger-Hawks, Surry-Yadkin Works program director, will give an overview of the program followed by student presentations from Katie Kellam, Elkin High School, Certified Nursing Assistant at North Regional Hospital; Trevor Moxley, Starmount High School, maintenance intern at Unifi; Chloe Hunter, East Surry High School, e-Commerce intern at Leonard USA; and Carlos Salmeron, Mount Airy High School, construction intern at Smith-Rowe LLC.
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