Our stories
Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alumni.

Karli, Eric, Molly and I were very thankful for Amy taking time out of her busy schedule to speak with…
Read the storyThis year has been anything but easy, luckily, we were able to make the most of it and serve our…
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Name: Avery Brick Hometown: Columbus, OH Previous City Year site, school and grade: Chicago, IL, Collins Academy, 9th grade Why did you want to…
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Originally from Midlothian, Virginia, Alexis Smith attended the University of Virginia. She then served in Philadelphia at Feltonville School of…
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What is a learning moment? It is a time have a new experience that leads to growth. Care Force is…
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Ben Brittany, and Hugh were thankful to be able to converse with Dan Nemiroff and discuss his experience serving…
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Care Force works on many events during our year of service and that includes a lot of event preparation work…
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We are really thankful to have been able skype with Aundrea and talk about her experience serving with City Year….
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For most of the service year, Team Care Force is constantly in event mode; we find ourselves creating documents for…
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It’s my second week in the Greater Philadelphia metropolis, and I’m so pumped for my second project! During our first…
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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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The Northeastern Civic Engagement Summit (NECES) is a conference for Civic Engagement (CE) teams across the country to come together…
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