MS 302′s Student Art Show A Success!

Last week, the City Year team at MS 302 in the South Bronx helped to host the school’s first art show.  The art work of over 300 students were featured, and the show brought in over 200 guests.  The City Year team invited the parents of the student artists for special appetizers and refreshments.

“Of [all the] guests invited, over 100 signed the guest book,” says MS 302  corps member Courtney Cotherman.  ”It was the first art show at MS 302, and [it was] a huge success!”

Congratulations to the team for successfully executing yet another Positive School Climate event!

Below, check out pictures by the team’s own Sam Chu.

CM Courtney (featured in our signature red) along with the art teachers at MS 302, from left to right: Mr. Vasquez, Mr. Vasquez, and Ms. Pizarro.

MS 302's School Aid Mr. Dennis stops by to look at some of the student art.

MS 302's James Offut offers appetizers to the guests.

The City Year team at MS 302 gathers to celebrate with a group photo after the event.

Five Things Friday

1. LICense to Serve: Last Saturday was our final Community Service Day of the year, with our 5th Annual LICense to Serve at PS 112. All week long we were nervous about the rain, but despite mild mist in the afternoon we stayed dry and were able to complete all of our outdoor projects! We engaged over 250 people – 100 more than our original goal!

We would like to thank everyone who attended and helped make this event a success. We’d also like to give a special thank you to Niamo Muid-Davis, Bishop Mitchell Taylor, Council member Jimmy Van Bramer, and Principal Rafael Campos for speaking in our program, and to jetBlue for providing two pairs of Round-trip tickets as raffle items for our volunteers.

To see photos from this event please CLICK HERE

2. Presenting…the Annual Dinner Recap Video feat. music of Peter Lee Johnson

3. Reception for Family & Friends to follow this year’s CYNY Graduation
After this year’s graduation, join us from 5 to 6 pm for a reception at CYNY’s headquarters, located at:

20 West 22nd Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10010

We look forward to seeing you there!

4. Register for the Alumni & Friends Fundraiser

Want to win 2 round trip Southwest Airlines tickets? Or how about a 32 GB iPod Touch? A MAC make-up set? You can enter for your chance to win these fabulous raffle/silent auction prizes and more at the Alumni & Friends Fundraiser! Click on the Save the Date above to reserve your spot today!

5. Associate Board Fundraiser a Hit!

Last night, the City Year New York Associate Board hosted a fundraiser at Housing Works Bookstore Café for over 120 guests. The event featured cocktails, hors d’ oeuvres and a whole host of exciting raffle and silent auction items, with musical guest, the Greenwich Village Orchestra. Thank you to the Associate Board for their hard work on this event, and a special thank you to the star of the night, Corps Member Zishan Jiwani, who gave an honest and inspiring portrayal of his dedication to service.

Wordless Wednesday: LICense to Serve

To see more photos please CLICK HERE

Photos by Dan Lee

Five Things Friday

1. SAVE THE DATE:

Please RSVP by emailing Alice Pak

2. Associate and Alumni Fundraiser:

Associate Board Fundraiser – May 19, 2011
Less than one week left until the Associate Board Fundraiser! This year the fun shindig will be held at the Housing Works Bookstore Café in Soho on Thursday, May 19. There are great silent auction items that you can still bid on here (including a year membership to Equinox, a private chef dining experience, and more!). You can also buy raffle tickets for your chance at the iPad2 as well as two tickets to Super Bowl XLVI in 2012!
Click here to register and buy your tickets to the event ($100), or here to buy your raffle tickets.  For more information, please e-mail Kim Gillman at kgillman@cityyear.org.

Alumni & Friends Fundraiser – June 2, 2011
You are also invited to attend the Alumni & Friends Fundraiser! Click above to register for this event which promises to be a fantastic evening filled with food, drink, silent auction items, and a great time.

3. City Years National Leadership Summit: Last week hundreds of City Year corps members, staff and champions descended on Washington DC to discuss the role national service can play in ending the high school dropout crisis. Please check out this blog post Links We Like – City Year National Leadership Summit Edition for a full recap of the summits events and speakers.

4. Community Service Days:

The 8th Annual “One Harlem” Service Celebration was a success last weekend with 470 volunteers who participated in transformational service at four service sites, including their hub-site, PS 38. In addition, they were able to be part of inspiring morning  and closing programs, as well as a Block Party that defied the rain to engage CBOs, vendors, and entertainers from around the Harlem community.

Check out some  photos below taken by MS 302 corps member Sam Chu -

“LICense to Serve” in Long Island City will be TOMORROW, May 14.  Beginning at 9am, the City Year New York Corps will host the 5th annual LICense to Serve Community Service Day. This year, 150 volunteers will come together in Long Island City, Queens for a day of revitalizing and celebrating this community. The morning will include painting, landscaping and light construction projects at local schools and community organizations. In the afternoon, volunteers and community members will gather to celebrate the accomplishments of the day through a block party which will include community resources, food and lots of fun. For more information,  please e-mail LICensetoserve@gmail.com or call Vashti Valerius at 646.546.6486.

5. Corps Holiday Card: Every year the City Year New York Associate Board sells a City Year Holiday Card as a fundraiser to support the service of our corps. This year, for the first time ever, we asked corps member to design the card that will be sent out next December.  The members of our Associate Board had the very difficult job of selecting one card from the more than 40 cards that included photos, digital art and handmade artwork. We would like to thank everyone who participated and congratulate Molly Robison of the MS 424 Alcoa team in the South Bronx  for having her design selected for next year’s card. Her hand-drawn and painted winning card is below: