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Friday, 20 January 2012 15:32 |
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LAYC AmeriCorps members, youth and their families reported to duty on Martin Luther King Jr. National Service Day, pulling ivy off trees in Rock Creek Park and participating in beautification projects at the Brown Education Campus.
A group of AmeriCorps members helped install library shelves at the elementary-middle school in northeast Washington, where President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Malia also served in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
President Obama remarked,"At a time when the country has been going through some difficult economic times, for us to be able to come together as a community, people from all different walks of life, and make sure that we're giving back, that's ultimately what makes us the strongest, most extraordinary country on earth."
In northwest Washington, 18 LAYC AmeriCorps members worked on trees covered with English ivy, which threatens trees, in the Normanstone section of Rock Creek Park. The event drew over 100 memebrs of the communtiy.
In Maryland, LAYC-Maryland Multicultural Youth Centers' AmeriCorps and Leaders Like Me members put on a day of celebration open to the public including an educational piece abotu MLK Jr., poetry, dances, spoken word, and a special performance by the University of Maryland’s Iota Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Students from William Wirt Middle School and Buck Lodge Middle School took part in the performances. The radio station, La Nueva provided an in-kind DJ to host the event. After the showcase, youth and their families played video games, made arts and craft, and a posed in the photo booth. 
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:10 |
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:11 |
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LAYC's Maryland Multicultural Youth Centers received $65,000 from DPR Construction Foundation for programs at the Center for Educational Partnership in Riverdale, Maryland. Maryland Managing Director, Luisa Montero accepted the award along with dozens of youth, from DPR Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager, Jeff Vertucci.
 DPR employees also volunteer during the school year and in the summer (e.g. summer football clinic), making the LAYC-DPR relationship even stronger.
"The people of DPR are our friends. Not only do they fund us, but most importantly they volunteer with us and share their expertise and enthusiasm," said Luisa Montero.
This is the third year LAYC-MMYC receives support from DPR. This year LAYC-MMYC received the foundation's largest grant among other grant recipients country-wide.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:11 |
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Friday, 06 January 2012 13:06 |
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Yes, that's Bon Jovi! The two lucky gals in this photo are LAYC's very own Cynthia Sanchez (left) and Adriana Bonilla.
Cynthia and Adriana attended the White House launch briefing of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Summer Jobs+ initiative, which was also attended by President Obama and Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis.
Summer Jobs + is an initiative in which the government is asking corporations to hire more youth in the summer. DOL will launch an online search engine where youth can search for these jobs.
Cynthia and Adriana are both alumni of the DC Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). Cynthia and Adriana talked with the Department of Labor and Univision about their experience in SYEP and how this program lead them to their current jobs. Cynthia is a human resources payroll manager at LAYC and Adriana is an LAYC AmeriCorps member.
During the briefing, the two ladies met with executives from major corporations such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Jamba Juice, Year Up, Bank of America, JP Morgan and others, and participated in workshops aimed to ensure disconnected at-risk youth are included in this initiative.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:11 |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:15 |
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Thursday, 22 December 2011 18:27 |
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Students at Harriet Tubman Elementary School received an early holiday gift from Payless ShoeSource: a new pair of shoes! This year LAYC became a Payless Gives Shoes 4 Kids partner. As a community partner LAYC distributed shoe vouchers to families with children in need, including 20 vouchers that went to these smiling faces. Harriet Tubman Elementary School participates in LAYC's Supplemental Educational Services (SES) program, which provides K-12 DC Public Schools' (DCPS) students with academic support in reading,
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