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This article reports that the private not-for-profit agency Wildcat Service Corp. is created to address some of the special needs of local residents pertaining to training both for jobs and educational development for youth in the Bronx, New York City. Residents can be trained in computer applications at that location, but must be referred to the main office for the other types of job training offered, which also include a computer applications program, where they learn how to work with a computer and a number of programs; a bank teller training program; clerical training and consumer service personnel; office skills; construction; and maintenance. Absenteeism, discipline and academics are the issues that Wildcat Service assists youth with through its three charter schools.

Wofa Yaw struggled beneath an armful of boxes as he pushed open the door of the Botanical Station post office in the Bronx, its peeling brown facade covered in graffiti. Mr. Yaw, a Ghanaian immigrant and the owner of an African and Caribbean grocery, was sending packages to homesick customers in Salem, N.Y., where the contents of the latest shipment are hard to find: dried fish, fufu powder, hot peppers. Minutes later, Sabrina Kolenovic's two sons spilled out of her black sport utility vehicle and toted to the postal counter a stack of boxes filled with prom dresses. Ms. Kolenovic, who sells prom gowns online, visits the post office every two days to ship dresses all over the world. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]