GRow1000, a summer youth employment program based in Grand Rapids, continues to prepare people with the workplace skills they need for their future. Now accepting applications for this summer, the six week program introduces young hopefuls to different career options offered within the city. For 22-year-old Tom Keister, that’s a job in law and government.
“I always had an interest in law and government, and obviously being a part of the GRow1000 program, I made that clear to the program directors, because they obviously show a great interest in what the youth of the program want to do,” Keister said.
Keister was a member of GRow1000 in the summer of 2023. “I started at West Grand Neighborhood Association, which is a nonprofit organization on the West Side, and they help bring information to the community and help provide snacks, food, whatever… for unsheltered individuals,” Keister explains…