WHY is Green used for a NEGATIVE event???
Posted on 09/18/2010 1:54:20 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Coordinators for Shorter University's job fair hope to find jobs for 200 people.
One of the fair coordinators, Britt Madden, was the guest speaker at the Exchange Club meeting Friday.
Scheduled for Sept. 23 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at The Forum in downtown Rome, the fair has 70 vendors lined up.
“Putting people back to work is the only way our economy is going to get back on its feet,” said J.P. Cooper, a club member who invited Madden to speak.
During Madden’s presentation he compared state unemployment statistics for 2000 and 2010. The chart demonstrated rates for each county using different shades of green. The darker the color, the higher the level of unemployment.
This year’s chart was almost completely dark green.
“My doctor friend said it looks like someone who has cancer,” Madden said.
Madden said last year’s job fair helped 105 of the 2,900 people who showed up find jobs.
“We’re wanting to really push our local talent,” Madden said.
The club also discussed that it was able to collect enough to send 23 care packages to Marines in Afghanistan.
According to a news release from the state Department of Labor, Employers, educational institutions, and resource agencies expected to participate in the career fair include:
AFLAC, Avon, American General Life and Accident, At Peace Hospice Care, Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, BeautiControl, Belhaven University Quest, Bob Richards Regional Youth and Detention Center, Cagle’s, Capella University, Cedar Springs Health and Rehabilitation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, City of Rome, Davita, Disabled American Veterans Chapter 24, Edward Jones Investments, Etowah Landing Care and Rehabilitation Center, Fatherhood Program-OCSS, Floyd County Board of Education, Georgia Highlands College, Georgia School for the Deaf, Hamilton Medical, Healthfield Home Health, a Gentiva Company, Gordon Hospital, Hon Company, Home Instead Senior Care, Identity Theft Business Solutions, Kelly Services, KFC-Taco Bell, Kroger of Rome, Lowe’s, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Mannington Commercial, Mercy Senior Care, News Publishing Company, NPursuit, LLC, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Prime Care Nursing Services, Primerica, Reliable Health Care, Regions Bank, Right Choice Staffing, Right at Home Health Care and Assistance, Rome Radio Partners, Sara Lee Foodservice, Shaw Industries Group, Southern Company/Georgia Power, terry reid group, Thirty-One Gifts, Tupperware, U. S. Navy, U.S. Social Security Administration, U.S. Veterans Administration (VA) Clinic of Rome, Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Company, Waste Industries, Walden University, Walgreen’s, and Xpress Paper and Company.
We do have a cancer.
WHY is Green used for a NEGATIVE event???
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