Apollo Career Center will hold its seventh annual Apollopalooza on April 11, 5:30-7 p.m. Apollopalooza will showcase both the high school and adult education programs, celebrate Apollo's partnerships with local businesses, highlight Career Tech opportunities, its students and instructors. The event is free and open to the public.

For over 40 years, Apollo has provided workforce development to thousands of adult and high school students. The training and programs offered, as well as the equipment and technology used, has changed dramatically since the doors opened to the first classes.

Apollo instructors and students will showcase their skills to the public, but the public will also be able to learn through various, demonstrations, how-to sessions, and simulations provided by instructors and current students.

Attendees will have the chance to win a three night, two-person stay in Cleveland's Hilton Garden Inn, passes to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Goodtime III Excursion Cruise and a dinner for two at the Hard Rock Cafe.

Anyone 18 and over is eligible for the drawing (excluding Apollo staff and immediate family). In addition to the trip giveaway, other prizes have been donated for prospective high school and adult students to win.

“The concept of planning Apollopalooza to enable the public to Choose, Connect, and Celebrate has developed out of the many visitors to Apollo who, after seeing the programs, the students being trained, the services offered, and the high-caliber certified instructors teaching, state that Apollo Career Center is the ‘best kept secret’ in Allen County,” said Superintendent Keith Horner. “To our graduates and current students, business partners, employers, fire, police, and EMT departments, the high quality training Apollo provides is no secret. Apollopalooza is an opportunity to let everyone see and experience the quality for themselves.”

Apollo Career Center’s high school and adult programs, along with career and technical education in general are a strong force that contributes to the well-being of the local, regional, and state economy.