‘Tis the season ladies and gentlemen… Time to donate to your favorite cause. But a certain charity is not asking for money this time, oh no; this year they are asking for USB flash drives.

Who is ‘Jacob’s Ladder Job Center’?

A nonprofit organization, Jacob’s Ladder, assists underemployed and unemployed people to locate paying jobs in Charlotte. And they need USB flash drives. Urban communities in Charlotte suffering chronic unemployment but created the need for a movement called the Welfare to Work program. Jacob’s Ladder is associated with this program, and is a compassionate response to the unemployment situation, that was founded back in 1998. If you are interested in donating the USB drives to Jacob’s Ladder information can be obtained by calling 704-332-58224 or can be found on their website.

Why USB Flash Drives?

The reason? These flash drives will be utilized by the unemployed to make access to portfolios and resumes more easily accessible when preparing and filing for interviews and jobs. Storage capacity should be at or greater than 256 MB. This is all part of a holiday program promoting job readiness. These flash drives used to be provided to students searching for employment but the cost became too great. People looking for work rely on these flash drives for utilization in accessing Computer Labs in order to apply for jobs, complete applications and update resumes. In order to utilize the education that these people gain from Jacob’s Ladder they must be able to access standard technology in order to make use of certain documents.

Jacobs Ladder also has a face book page, because who doesn’t after all these days, at which you can follow their progress, post opinions or sentiments, and find out how the drive for USB drives for the holidays is going.