In 1999, City Year held its annual convention of idealism, cyzygy, in Washington, DC. Steve Case, former AOL Chairman and President of The Case Foundation, gave the keynote address at the event and was inspired by the idealism of City Year. Steve and his wife Jean, CEO of The Case Foundation, soon made the initial three-year grant to help launch City Year Washington, DC with 32 corps members in 2000. Today, the corps has more than tripled – to 100 corps members – with plans to grow to 150 corps members by 2010.
Since 2000, City Year Washington, DC corps members have: Made a difference in the lives of more than 53,000 children
Served more than 685,000 hours in the Washington, DC community
Led 9,485 volunteers in service
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