What an amazing finish to 2022! Thank you to everyone who continues to support our work. Your impact goes beyond measure.

"THANK YOU" to the following 2022 holiday gift and food drive supporters and volunteers:

  • Alianza Iberoamericana

  • All Souls Unitarian Church

  • Capital Area Food Bank

  • Capital One employees

  • CARECEN

  • Chase employees

  • Children's Charities

  • DC Health Link

  • Eagle Bank and the Latino ERG

  • EMD Sales

  • George Washington University -Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service

  • Giant

  • Host Hotels

  • Howard University: Angel Tree Project

  • IBEW Local Union #26

  • Julie Jensen

  • Kaiser Permanente

  • Larry Buc

  • Laura, LAYC's Holiday Angel, and her Elves

  • LULAC

  • Perkins & Will

  • Poor Roberts Mission

  • Safeway Foundation

  • Safeway’s Nourishing Neighbors

  • Samsung

  • UnidosUS employees

  • Telemundo 44

  • Waldorf Toyota

  • Washington Gas

  • Washington National Cathedral

  • Toys for Tots

We also are immensely grateful to everyone who made an end-of-year donation. The assistance from our donors, supporters, and volunteers resulted in the gallery of holiday happiness below.

What a year 2022 has been!

In 2022 we were able to serve over 4500 youth with services in education, mental health counseling, food distribution, workforce development, and more!

We truly could have done it without you.

Take a look back with us at another unforgettable year at LAYC.

What makes the “Heart of the Community”?

How does President & CEO, Lupi Quinteros-Grady, describe “The Heart of our Community”?

Spoiler alert, you are a part of it!


Five different LAYC youth share how LAYC helped them get more connected and how that spells success for 2023 and beyond.

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