In collaboration with PWD, we developed our first Industry Academy in 2017: Stormwater Infrastructure. This career pathway connects to several in-demand positions that can be accessed at the entry-level with moderate on-the-job training (OJT) instead of a college degree.

In partnership with Eastern State Penitentiary, Rebuild, CareerLink, and trade unions, we developed 6-week Masonry and Carpentry Academies, providing direct pathways to full-time employment and union apprenticeships.

During a span of six weeks in the Fall of 2022, PowerCorpsPHL, TRUST, and Reading Climate Corps planted approximately 1,500 trees in West Fairmount Park.

Several crews worked together over the course of 2 months at Centennial Lake to improve aesthetics, sightlines and trail accessibility. They also helped remove invasive species choking out the lake's edge and threatening the concrete barrier that contains the lake.

Throughout the service term, PowerCorps Foundations teams tackled several projects at Pennypack on the Delaware to curb invasive overgrowth near trails, plant native trees for erosion control and remediate meadows to improve wildlife habitat.

Foundations members worked with Philadelphia Parks and Rec to reforest near Montgomery Creek, learning to plant and maintain native saplings and live-stake riparian species for erosion control and improved water filtration.