Putting the WoW Factor in Career Expo
Sunday | September 17, 2023

Apprentice Linemen Kevin Ryan and Hunter Jost met with students at the Worlds of Work (WoW) career expo to share about their job and responsibilities as linemen.

Nearly 7,000 8th grade students from Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, and Warren counties and the city of Winchester got to have a day of hands-on learning about different careers in their community.

WoW 2023

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