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Participants are paid $7.25 an hour for the 40-hour work week. The program runs from June 4 to August 12, 2017, and applicants should be prepared to work the entire length of the program. Youth jobs include working as part of a crew to do a variety of manual labor tasks, normally outdoors. The crews perform work such as staining, painting and caulking the exterior of park buildings and work as grounds maintenance (mowing grass, picking up trash, cleaning restrooms, etc.) and trails rehabilitation. No experience is necessary. Participants will be selected by random draw from the pool of applications. National Lakeshore Superintendent Paul Labovitz invited all interested teenagers to apply. “This is a great chance for local youths to become involved in their national park and earn some money,” said Labovitz. “It’s also an opportunity for them to work outside in the beauty of the national lakeshore and learn more about this incredible area they live in.” To be eligible participants must be U.S. citizens and 15 years old before June 4, 2017, but not turn 19 years old before August 12, 2017, the ending date of the program. The YCC application form is available through high school guidance offices or from the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Office at 219-395-8585, extension 1772. The forms are also available on the national lakeshore website at: https://www.nps.gov/indu/ |
Last updated: March 2, 2017