On June 28, CCDI kicked off the Second Annual Mentor/Mentee Event at Clayco’s St. Louis office. Thirteen students, and their parents, had a chance to meet up with their mentors. The day started off with

CCDI hosted a financial seminar, taught by John Cothrine Jr., to teach our scholars how to wisely use their hard-earned money to start building their future.

Our scholar, Chris Conners, won the 24/7 Safety Award at Clayco's annual ALL-STAR Safety Party. He was rewarded with a generous, VISA giftcard.

Two of our summer interns, Vincent Brown and Keshawn Outlaw from North Tech High School, are working hard at Villa Lighting. To-date, we have had nine interns hired by local contractors for this summer.

CCDI was recently awarded a scholarship from the St. Louis Blues' “Blues for Kids” foundation.

Dan Lester of CCDI gave the commencement address at Jennings High School where he highlighted Kevon Larkin's $50,000 scholarship and gave words of wisdom and encouragement to the historic 100th graduating class.

CCDI hosted a Summer Internship interviews with local subcontractors and students from North Tech and Jennings High Schools.

CCDI held its 3rd annual job fair on March 21st. Contractors from 17 various trades met with 16 outstanding students from North Tech High School in Florissant, Missouri. This by far has been are best

CCDI and its Executive Board Members awarded Kevon Larkin from Jennings High School a full ride college scholarship to Florissant Valley Community college. Kevon was also awarded a paid summer internship from Morris Hervey of