CVS, Chicago organization gives new moms career opportunities
CHICAGO – For some, becoming a parent is an exhausting but eye-opening opportunity to make some major changes.One program is trying to help out new moms.Shakiya Horne is about a month inter her new job at an Oak Park CVS . Sometimes, she rings up customers. Other times, she straightens up products.Eventually, she'd like to be sorting pills as a pharmacy tech.'I was actually looking into the medical field,' Horne said.
Furnished apartments are available to moms at an affordable rate. It's opportunity some of the CVS graduates take advantage of.'That's how it feels to have my own place, like a breath of fresh air,' said Stephanie Holloway, a mom in the program.Holloway said her daughter Adore and other women in the program inspired her to stick with training.'I'm not the only mom getting up every day and getting my daughter to daycare, getting to work,' she said.
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