Melville, NY- June 2007 - NYS Senator Carl Marcellino recently announced that a grant in the amount of $20,000 will be awarded to the LI Works Coalition. This funding will support The Internship/Student Job Fair, and many programs created and implemented by LI Works to maintain and develop career education and workforce readiness programs for employers and students on Long Island. The Internship/Student Job Fair, held in January to attract LI students home for intersession, connects them with LI employers.

The mission of the LI Works Coalition is “Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Long Island Workforce” and the focus of its programs is to promote a strong economy and workforce through education/business initiatives on Long Island. These include Long Island’s only Internship/Student Job Fair, School-Business Advisory Boards, free electronic regional clearinghouse for internships, Speakers Bureau, Workforce Builders, Parent Programs and business seminars. Cheryl Davidson, Executive Director of the LI Works Coalition said “Through the generosity of Senator Marcellino, we can continue to do the work that we do, which is so vital to the economic success of Long Island.”