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Helping North Heights community prepare for Linen Service job opportunities
VIDEO: The Black Historical Cultural Center received a $15,000 donation from the Xcel Energy company. By Taylor Mitchell | December 29, 2020 at 5:45 PM CST - Updated December 29 at 6:36 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Xcel Energy Company gave $15,000 to the Black Historical Cultural Center which will go towards programming and maintenance.
The money will specifically go to the career readiness program which focuses on preparing residents for the job opportunities at the Linen Service opening soon in the North Heights neighborhood.
âWith career readiness of course youâll have resume writing, youâll have interviewing skills, we hope to partner with a couple of places in town if they need clothing and things like that, just to make sure that itâs a holistic thing that we go from the beginning to the end with them,â said Melodie Graves, president of the board of the Amarillo United
A venue described as a longtime North Heights neighborhood hub, fostering community cohesiveness, has received a $15,000 award from Xcel Energy to help bolster programming efforts.
Officials said the Black Historical Cultural Center, located at 901 N. Hayden St. and established in 1992 by the Amarillo United Citizens Forum, has played an essential role in Black history and culture preservation here.
“This facility and the nonprofit that operates it have done so much to enrich community life, not just in north Amarillo, but for the city at large,” Brad Baldridge, Xcel Energy director of Customer and Community Relations, noted via a media release statement. A younger generation of leaders is reinvigorating the center’s programs and building pride in a historic part of the city where citizens are organizing and working to improve the quality of life.”