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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