Boys & Girls Clubs Of America’s Terri Fishback On Helping Students Learn Life Skills & More

As students wind down the school year, many may be looking for jobs during the summer months and beyond high school graduation. Aside from earning that extra cash, summer jobs can teach students important skills and knowledge that will help them achieve their future career goals.

To help students learn these and other important long-term-oriented skills, Boys & Girls Clubs Of America has partnered with The Hartford to open College & Career Centers in clubs across the country. In turn, teens can access workforce and continuing education-related resources that inform, motivate and equip them for success as they plan for their future after high school graduation.

Terri Fishback — Senior Director of Workforce Readiness at Boys & Girls Clubs Of America — answered questions from me about the Boys & Girls Club Of America’s past, present and future, as embedded below and recorded in May 2019. More information is online at www.bgca.org.

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."