Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the only national holiday that is also a national day of service. Across the…
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We arrived in Phoenix in mid-October exhausted but well-trained after six weeks of back-to-back events. Our “event marathon” had taken…
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ALL ABOARD THE SANTA TRAIN! Team Care Force (TCF) traveled to Jacksonville, FL this past November to assist our…
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Ben and Brittany were able to do a call with Alejandro Villafuerte about his experience serving with City Year. We…
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Wednesday, October 2: Travel Day It was a nice, fall day in Boston when five of my teammates and I…
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September was a busy month for Team Care Force (TCF) with one event after another. Our Synopsys San Jose event…
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It’s my second day on the job, and I’m standing in Home Depot with fellow Team Care Force (TCF) members…
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Read about the Care Force trip alongside HMH in Orlando, FL
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Introducing Emily Kean We are really thankful to have been able to have a chat with Emily Kean and talk…
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Akin Gump in Action Chronicle (East Harlem, NY) 2019 “Oh my goodness! I get to go to New York?!” I…
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AT&T #attimpact Day Chronicle (Trenton, NJ) 2019 Following our event in Miami, we had a few days in the office…
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All the way from the city of Norristown, Pennsylvania, Warren Basla served in City Year Philadelphia at Universal Daroff Charter…
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