On April 21st, National Leadership Sponsor, Comcast, teamed up with City Year and other non-profits around the country in one of the nation’s largest days of corporate volunteerism! Comcast Cares Day has engaged community partners like City Year since its start in 2001 and has been making a huge impact ever since. Check out these [...]
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Liz Warden, Corps Member “Y’all did a good job,” a sixth grade student told my teammate at lunch. He was able to spot the vibrant, newly painted murals at Markham Middle School from afar walking past the school on his last day of spring break. However, the rest of the students at Markham Middle School [...]
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Monday, April 2nd, was no typical day at Ford Blvd. Elementary School. Over 200 City Year Los Angeles corps members were hard at work beautifying the campus while students were away on Spring Break. Corps members who serve in 17 schools across Los Angeles came together to positively impact the students at Ford Boulevard Elementary. [...]
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Liz Warden, Corps Member While most people have Martin Luther King Day off, for us, it’s a “day on.” MLK Day is City Year’s biggest service day of the year; City Year corps members around the country honor Martin Luther King’s legacy of building a strong community and promoting peace and justice. Sure, our students [...]
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Ricky Cuellar, Corps Member On the 11th day of November, we thank and honor those who have served our country. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day created by President Woodrow Wilson in 1911 and then changed to Veterans Day in 1918 by President Eisenhower. In an effort to say thanks, our corps [...]
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Kyle Shaughnessy, corps member None of us knew Todd Beamer. He seemed to be a man living an average life. He was born in 1968, met his wife in college, and then moved to New Jersey to work and raise a family. Todd Beamer is also believed to be one of the passengers who fought [...]
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By Shawn Gunaratne, City Year Los Angeles Team Leader “Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” -Greek proverb Many believe that the only way to truly serve this country is through military service. But there are many ways to serve and I was lucky enough [...]
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By Patrick Kelly, City Year Los Angeles corps member Garnished with chicken wraps and iced tea, the summit’s closing luncheon Wednesday afternoon was intended to reinforce the themes of the summit and inspire the audience to service. It began with a focus on CYLA. Board member Ben Goldhirsh, who was instrumental in founding the Los [...]
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By Arthur Shtern, City Year Los Angeles corps member I arrived at the Hyatt Regency Hotel around 4:00pm. I didn’t know what exactly to expect, and all I could think was that the place was pretty swanky. To be honest, I didn’t really know what the Champion’s Reception was going to be about, but I [...]
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By Nate Casimiro, City Year Los Angeles Corps Member Although civic engagement is nothing new to the City Year experience, today’s service day was different than my previous three. Not only was today a service day for City Year Champions and alumni, but also it was a service day at John Liechty Middle School, the [...]
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