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October 15, 2025

400+ Students Explore Careers at Women Can Do 2025

Category: Trades training

The four Trailblazers classes of 2024 stand with their certificates

November 28, 2023

Trailblazers 2023: A Year in Review

Rhoni Basden speaks at a press conference with VT Governor Phil Scott

October 26, 2023

Vt. officials spotlight critical need for trades, construction training

October 17, 2023

2024 Trailblazers Trainings Announced

Panelists on VWW's Equity in Infrastructure Panel

October 11, 2023

Advancing Equity in Infrastructure Projects Across Vermont

October 10, 2023

Celebrating Careers in Construction Month

Trailblazers pose fora photo on a newly build mobility ramp.

September 18, 2023

Trailblazers Build Community in Hartford

LIFT participant uses a plasma cutter to cut flowers out of sheet metal.

July 17, 2023

New Program LIFTs off in Essex

Trailblazers, assisted by Harry Strand use a saw to cut wood outside VWW's offices.

July 17, 2023

VWW Graduates Largest Trailblazers Cohort

A Rosie's Girls camper uses a jig saw under the supervision of a Vermont Works for Women staff member.

June 15, 2023

Building Confidence, Breaking Barriers: Youth Empowerment in Trades and STEM

Our Trailblazers graduates from our Barre cohort in the spring of 2023 pose for a photo.

May 17, 2023

Trailblazers Participants Get Out in the Field to Try New Skills

A woman wearing a Vermont Works for Women tshirts shows a high school aged individual how to measure a piece of wood.

March 20, 2023

Launching LIFT in Summer 2023

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January 10, 2023

Shaping the Future of the Trades

A Trailblazers participant uses a saw on a construction job site

January 4, 2023

Equity in Infrastructure

Trailblazers use a hammer to install siding on a house.

November 18, 2022

VWW Graduates Tenth Trailblazers Cohort

Trailblazers: Green participant's tool bag, hammer, gloves, and water bottle.

November 14, 2022

A Writer Joins a Weatherization Crew

Trailblazers: Green class stands in front of solar panels

October 12, 2022

VWW Graduates First Trailblazers: Green Class