THE CITY BoA GRANT SUPPORTS YOUTH CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
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ilmington’s 2022 Youth Career Development Program (YCD), which helps younger City residents develop valuable work skills and prepare them for a successful career and future, received a $100K grant from Bank of America to help employ 275 young people in numerous professions and internships this summer. In addition to the financial support, BoA provides Better Money Habits® financial literacy sessions, run by bank Bank of America representatives present a $100,000 check to the Parks employees, to all YCD participants. The sessions break down and Recreation 2022 Youth Career Development Program at an event at financial topics like budgeting, building credit, borrowing, the Stubbs Early Education Center in Wilmington on Thursday. Photo by WITN 22/Stimpson investing, and more in a fun and interactive way. As they earn their first paychecks they are learning and receiving tools they -can use to set goals for future financial success. “The continued financial commitment over the past seven years and financial literacy programming from Bank of America has been impactful for the program and our teens,” said Mayor Purzycki. “We appreciate Bank of America’s generosity and continued support of the future of the City of Wilmington and our residents.” The grant is part of Bank of America’s philanthropic giving efforts in local communities. Recipients were selected for their commitment to addressing basic needs and workforce development for individuals and families.
ETHICS COMMISSION TRAINS CITY WORKERS
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ayor Mike Purzycki has announced that every full-time City employee in City—more than 900 in all—completed extensive ethics training in FY 2022 as offered by the City’s independent Ethics Commission. “At the start of my Administration in 2017, we reconstituted the Ethics Commission so that as we strived to achieve excellence in public service, we would conduct ourselves and the business of City government with the highest standards of accountability, principle, integrity, and values,” said Mayor Purzycki. “Thanks to the work of the Ethics Commission and the Department of Human Resources we have embraced ethics and the importance of ethical practices in government as never before.” The employee ethics training included topics like conflict of interest, prohibited political activities, the receiving of gifts, abuse of office, and an understanding of the City’s Code of Ethics. The training was offered both live and virtually over the first part of 2022. For more info. about the Ethics Commission, visit: www.wilmingtonde.gov/government/boardscommissions-and-committees/wilmington-ethics-commission.
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