PMIWDC took the High School Outreach Committee one step further – building a new relationship with Department of Family Services, Fairfax County, Virginia to reach out to young people to support and teach them valuable life skills – project management. On July 15th and 16th, PMIWDC High School Outreach volunteer, Kal Majumdar, taught project management basic skills to more than 40 young people as part of this SkillSource’s Educating Youth Through Employment (E.Y.E.) Program. 

The E.Y.E. Program is a non-profit project of the Skillsource Group, Inc. coordinated through the Fairfax County Department of Family Services that connects young people 16-21 to professional internship opportunities and training to help prepare them to be leaders in the workforce of tomorrow. 

More details about the EYE program can be found on the program's flier (PDF).

The PMIWDC chapter also donated $1000 for this community program. Project management information was a key enhancement to the program this year and the effort planted the project management seed with the E.Y.E. Program participants. 

On Aug 14th, Ron Taylor, president of PMIWDC chapter, received a special award in at the annual E.Y.E. programs award ceremony at the Waterford Reception Hall, Fair Oaks, VA.