In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps as part of his New Deal program to provide employment for millions of youths who could not find jobs during the depression years. The CCC not only offered jobs, it also provided park protection and improvements, disaster relief, soil erosion control, wildlife protection, historical restoration, and many other services that continue to benefit America today. A typical enrollee was about 19 years old when he enlisted, had completed 8 years of school, and had been without a job for at least 7 months before entering the Corps, where he served for 9 to 12 months. The pay of a dollar a day was modest, but it gave him some spending money and helped support his family back home. In 1940, it cost about $1,000 per enrollee per year for food, clothing, overhead, and allotments to dependents, and about four million Americans, mostly male, were associated with the CCC. Camp Pima, about one mile northwest of here in the Tucson Mountains, housed 210 enrollees, who after full days of construction projects attended night classes to finish high school and learn vocations such as radio operation, spelling, writing, typing, current events, arithmetic, algebra, English and Spanish, auto mechanics, blacksmithing, drafting, surveying, and journalism. Transportation to Tucson was provided every Friday, with the option of returning that evening or on Sunday evening, and Sunday church services were held in the Recreation Room. From 1933 to 1941, members of the CCC improved the recreational potential of the Tucson Mountains by building picnic sites with ramadas, tables, benches, fireplaces, and bathrooms, creating five picnic areas in the Tucson Mountain District of the park, constructing the Signal Hill picnic area in 1934, and building 26 check dams that still prevent erosion and provide water for wildlife, while CCC roads and trails remain in use today.