City Year News

VIDEO: 2010 - 2011 End of Year Review

Today in New York City children are waking up and heading to their first day of school and for the first time, our 254 City Year New York corps members will be greeting them as they arrive. This year's corps started one month earlier, allowing us to complete our training and have our corps members enter our 22 schools starting on the first day. Check out the video above to learn about our impact from last year and what you can expect from us in the 2011 - 2012 school year.

Please click the links below to learn more about our corps and find ways to get involved.

Learn where our corps members are from

Watch a video from the 2011 - 2012 CYNY corps first day of training

Help us Save Service by "Making The Call" on September 15th

Register for our 3rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament

RSVP for City Year New York's Opening Day

City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. In communities across the United States and through two international affiliates, these diverse young leaders help turn around high-need schools and get at-risk students back on track to graduation by working to improve their attendance, behavior and course performance. For more information, please visit cityyear.org.

Founded in Boston in 1988, City Year has established programs in Boston; Chicago; Cleveland; Columbia, SC; Columbus, OH; Denver; Detroit; Little Rock/North Little Rock; Los Angeles; Louisiana: Baton Rouge; Louisiana: New Orleans; Miami; Milwaukee; New Hampshire; New York; Greater Philadelphia; Rhode Island; San Antonio; San Jose/Silicon Valley; Seattle/King County; and Washington, D.C.; and international affiliates in Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England.

Flagship Partners: Alcoa Foundation, Credit Suisse

Team and Corporate Sponsors: Bain and Company, Barclays, Citizens Team, CSX, JP Morgan, National Grid

National Leadership Sponsors: Americorps, ARAMARK, Bank of America, Cisco Foundation, Comcast, CSX, Pepsi Foundation, Timberland, T-Mobile, Walmart, and Deloitte

Copyright © 2011 City Year, Inc.