June 2010 E-Newsletter
by Michelle Chahine, Communications Manager
On Thursday, June 17, 138 corps members proudly graduated from 10 months of service. Not only were they in schools every day before the first bell and until the last student left, but they also ran two vacation programs in Boston public schools and led Serve-a-thon, the largest service day of the year.
Families, friends, champions and sponsors came out to support and celebrate these young adults' accomplishments. Collectively, the City Year Boston 2009-2010 corps served:
- 1,665 students receiving
one-on-one and small group academic tutoring - 3,212 community members engaged in physical service projects to transform parks and schools
- 593 children participating in Starfish Corps after-school programs
- 333 middle and high school heroes dedicating their Saturdays to community service and leadership development
- More than 250,000 hours
Click here for a graduation slideshow.
Photography by Jennifer Cogswell.
by Jessica Pealer, Corps Member, Bain and Company Team
City Year's annual fundraising gala, Starry Starry Night, was held on Thursday, May 27. Nearly 500 of our closest champions and sponsors joined us to celebrate the work that our corps members do in schools. Blair Pippins, a corps member on the Bain and Company Team serving at the Agassiz Elementary, addressed the audience about his own experiences in City Year and in life. Blair has been an outspoken member of our team since day one. However, Blair's remarkable character and vibrant spirit cannot fully be appreciated without understanding the journey he has gone through. Click here for Blair's full testimonial and a slideshow of the event.
Photography by Jennifer Cogswell
by Hannah Atwood, Corps Member, PTC Team
The Boston Serve-a-thon, Saturday, May 22, was a day when volunteers joined City Year Boston in an effort to transform communities and neighborhoods of the city. For me and other City Year corps members, Serve-a-thon is more than a simple day of service. It means months of planning, nights of sketching murals, afternoons sweeping basketball courts, and new, exhilarating leadership opportunities. This year, all of the service sites were located in East and South Boston. The day began at 6:35 am, which is even earlier than my team's daily 8:00 am start time at The Ohrenberger School. With a cup of coffee, fellow corps members' energy, and tools and materials to be set-up, the time flew by from when we arrived to when our volunteers arrived on yellow school buses. Click here for the full article and slideshow.
Photography by Hannah Atwood and Michelle Chahine
"City Year helps us kids in many ways. The first way is when you are stuck on a question, who helps you? I think you know, City Year. Yup, they help you. Second is when I am sad, City Year always cheers me up. Last, they help you stay on the right track to being good. If it weren't for City Year, I would make more bad decisions. City Year is awesome."
Joel, a 6th grade student at The Ohrenberger School
by Michelle Chahine, Communications Manager
This past year, 140 diverse young leaders from all over the country dedicated 10 months to full-time service in Boston. They changed the lives of children across the city, and they have become leaders for life. In August, City Year Boston will welcome 140 new corps members to continue the legacy of the nearly 3,200 graduates who have come before them. Click here for short bio and photos of a few incoming corps members.
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