Help wanted: Benefactor for nonprofit's job fair
For the past 10 years the nonprofit Long Island Works Coalition, which focuses on workforce development, held an Internship / Student Job Fair that drew an average of 1,200 college and high school students and nearly 100 businesses.
Not this year.
The coalition, located in Melville, lacks a major underwriter or the premium sponsors to help pay for the event.
"If any of you feel you are in a position to help with this or can refer us to a benefactor . . . we would welcome your call as soon as possible," the coalition's executive director, Cheryl Davidson, said in an e-mail to supporters.
The event, Davidson wrote, "was immensely popular . . . because it was free to attendees and companies paid a minimal fee to recruit some of the best and brightest local talent."
The coalition's e-mail address is info@liworks.org
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