Category Archives: Service Days
Remembering 9/11
We spent Saturday, September 11 in service. In honor of the memory of that day’s events, the City Year staff and all 200 corps members helped Mayor Villaraigosa and other community groups clean up the Stanford Avalon Community Garden in … Continue reading
Filed under Corps Members, Events, Service Days
Kicking off the Summit with Service
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 … Continue reading
Filed under Change the World, Events, John Liechty Middle School, Pico Union, Service, Service Days
Wrapping-Up a Powerful Day of Service
By Arthur Shtern, City Year Los Angeles Senior Corps Member Inevitably, some of the Heroes started to get impatient after lunch. The paint strokes became broader and the complaints a bit more frequent, but the Youth Corps members and team … Continue reading
Filed under City Heroes, Civic Engagement, Corps Members, Los Angeles, Service, Service Days, Young Heroes, Youth Corps
Lunch with the Heroes
By Arthur Shtern, City Year Los Angeles Corps Member Lunch started at noon and the rain was still coming down really heavy. Many of the murals that were done outside experienced some smudging and running. Regardless, I’m sure our incredible … Continue reading
MLK Day/Youth Corps Opening Ceremony
By: Arthur Shtern, City Year Los Angeles Senior Corps Member The first thing we did this morning was collect our Heroes shirts. This was a big event for me because I signed up to be a Young Heroes Team leader … Continue reading
Filed under Change the World, City Heroes, Civic Engagement, Events, Los Angeles, Service Days, Young Heroes
