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At Cass Career Center, we don't just meet - we move. 

Your support doesn’t sit on a shelf. It goes to work—showing up in labs, shops, competitions, and classrooms where students put their skills into action and prepare for real careers.

🔧 How Your Contribution Goes to Work

Your support helps us:

  • Put real skills into action through workforce demonstrations, internships, and industry experiences

  • Cover the cost of industry certifications that validate student skills and boost employability

  • Equip classrooms and labs with professional-grade tools and technology

  • Remove financial barriers so students can fully participate in career-building opportunities

  • Recognize excellence among students and the educators who guide them

  • Strengthen the local talent pipeline by preparing students for immediate workforce success

Below is how that support comes to life every day at Cass Career Center.

🏆 Student Competitions, Internships & Workforce Development

At Cass Career Center, career readiness is demonstrated — not assumed.

Student competitions, internships, and certifications provide real-world proof of skill, allowing students to apply what they’ve learned in professional settings and under industry expectations. 

Through opportunities such as student organization competitions, paid and unpaid internships, and industry-aligned experiences, students:

  • Perform hands-on tasks evaluated against industry standards

  • Demonstrate technical skills in competitive and workplace environments

  • Build resumes with verified, skills-based accomplishments

  • Develop professionalism, communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills

  • Gain confidence working alongside industry professionals and employers

Many students also pursue industry-recognized certifications that validate their skills and open doors to employment, advancement, and postsecondary training.

Your support helps cover:

  • Competition registration, travel, and lodging

  • Internship-related costs that remove participation barriers

  • Certification testing fees and required materials

These experiences often become resume highlights, interview talking points, and direct pathways to employment, scholarships, and advanced training.

Support an Experience

🎓 Industry Certifications by Program 

CCC students pursue certifications aligned with workforce expectations, including but not necessarily limited to:

  • Health Services: Basic Life Support, CNA, Phlebotomy, EKG Technician

  • Construction & Welding: OSHA-10, AWS welding certifications, Carpentry Career Connections, Bobcat Skidsteer Certification

  • Automotive Technology: ASE student certifications, S-P 2 Safety, Valvoline Training Certificates

  • Fire Science & EMT: Firefighter I & II, Haz Mat & Ops, Basic Pump Ops, Basic Life Support, EMT-B, Incident Command, OSHA-10

  • Agriculture: Bobcat Skidsteer Certification, MO Hunter Education Certificate, MOASK, National Safe Tractor & Machinery Op Cert

  • Teaching Professions: Paraprofessional preparation, Basic Life Support, Substitute Certification

  • Marketing: Food Handlers License, Fundamental Marketing Concepts

Certification opportunities vary by program and industry requirements.

Fund a Student Certification

🔬 Lab Tools & Industry Equipment

Career-ready means industry-ready. Contributions in this area allow us to purchase, maintain, and upgrade the professional-grade equipment students use daily—ensuring their training reflects current workforce standards across all programs.

Equip a CCC Program

🌟 Student & Staff Recognition

Great work deserves recognition. Gifts here support student awards, program celebrations, and appreciation efforts for the educators who create high expectations and real-world learning environments.

Support The CCC Instructors & Staff

💰 What Your Support Can Do

  • $75–$150 → Covers one industry certification exam

  • $250 → Supports one student’s internship-related costs

  • $500 → Funds competition registration for multiple students

  • $1,000 → Helps support replacement or new equipment needs

  • $2,500+ → Supports certifications, internships, and workforce demonstrations across a full program area

Every contribution helps remove barriers and put students one step closer to career success.

👕 Signature Partnership Opportunity: Student Shirt Sponsorship

One of the most visible ways your support goes to work!

What it is:
Your business logo featured on 600+ student shirts worn throughout the school year.

Why it matters:
These shirts travel—across campuses, job sites, competitions, and the community—showcasing your commitment to students and workforce development.

Looking ahead:
We are building sponsors for the 2026–27 school year.

👉 Join the 2026 Theme Shirt Sponsorship List

💡 Ways to Give

Give Online
[CCC Donorbox Donation Page]

Give by Mail
Make checks payable to Cass Career Center
1600 E. Elm Street
Harrisonville, MO 64701

In-Kind Donations
Have equipment, materials, or services to donate? We’d love to talk.

📞 Contact Our Team

Anne Hickman, Director
📞 816-380-3253
📧 anne.hickman@harrisonvilleschools.org

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