Quincy

Quincy Trivia:

• Quincy is the birthplace of the second and sixth U.S. Presidents, John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, as well as Statesman, John Hancock.
• The first Dunkin Donuts was opened in 1950 in Quincy by William Rosenberg.
• Quincy is the location of Granite Railyway, the "first commercial railroad" in the United States which was built to carry granite from Quincy to a dock on the Neponset River in Milton. From there boats carried the heavy stone to Charlestown for construction of the Bunker Hill Monument.
• Quincy is the birthplace of Howard Johnson's Restaurant Chain.
• The first nuclear-powered surface vessel, USS Long Beach CG (N) 9, was launched at Quincy in 1961.

Programs:

ACHIEVE! - CUSTOMER SERVICE – Serves out-of-school youth between the ages of 16 and 21, providing Adult Basic Education/GED preparation, customer service occupational skills training, resulting in a National Retail Federation certification, and more.

AmeriCorps / Quincy Youth Development Program - Integrates Americorps and YouthBuild programming addressing the rehabilitation or creation of quality low-income housing, GED preparation for youth aged 17-24, and increased volunteer and community service opportunities.

Young Parents – Offers pregnant and parenting out-of-school youth, aged 14-21, who have not achieved a high school diploma with a variety of educational and life skills training.

Young Parents Demonstration Program - Enables existing Young Parents Programs to provide a mentoring component as part of a national demonstration project.

YouthBuild – Provides low-income, out-of-school youth, aged 16–24 with on-the-job, hands on construction skills training and GED preparation.

Adult Basic Education – Meets the specific educational needs of adult students who have limited basic reading, language and math skills.

For more information on the Quincy site, contact Dianne Campbell, Manager, dcampbell@tra-inc.org.

1458 Hancock Street, Suite 304
Quincy, MA 02169
Phone: (617) 773-1470
Fax: (617) 773-1469