Goodwill of South Central Ohio is currently accepting applicants for its annual Summer Youth program where teens and young adults can earn while they learn.

Summer Youth participants work with a Goodwill job coach over a five-week period at area businesses. Participants are paid minimum wage ($10.10 an hour) throughout the program where they learn the skills needed to gain work experience to help them get a job and sustain employment when they are ready.

Goodwill may be able to provide transportation for participants to-and-from the job sites.

In 2022, the Goodwill workforce team served 36 youth through the program which is open to ages 14-21 in Fayette, Athens, Hocking, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, and Vinton counties. While learning is the focus of the program, occasionally there have been participants who are offered a job at the work site.

Sessions this year will run from June 12 to July 14. In addition to the Goodwill stores, this year’s Fayette County work sites currently include: Launch Entertainment, Fayette Regional Humane Society, and SNS Janitorial Service.