City of Philadelphia - File #: 040885

• File #: 040885
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 10/7/2004
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 10/7/2004
• Title: Congratulating City Year Greater Philadelphia on Its Achievements and Welcoming the New Class of Corps Members for 2004-2005 As They Begin Their Year of Service.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Council President Verna, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Cohen, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Clarke

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/7/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
10/7/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
10/7/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Congratulating City Year Greater Philadelphia on Its Achievements and Welcoming the New Class of Corps Members for 2004-2005 As They Begin Their Year of Service.
Body
WHEREAS, City Year's mission is to build democracy through citizen service, civic leadership and social entrepreneurship; and

WHEREAS, Young adults between the ages of 17 to 24 commit to a year of service full-time for 10 months working with schools, neighborhoods and community-based organizations; and

WHEREAS, Corps members receive college tuition and professional training in leadership development and project management, in addition to the positive changes they make through their public service; and

WHEREAS, City Year has fifteen programs throughout the United States and has operated in the City of Philadelphia since 1997; and

WHEREAS, City Year Greater Philadelphia is the largest site in the network and has grown by 100% since its inception; and

WHEREAS, The Philadelphia program has delivered over 1,250,000 hours of community service, has positively impacted more than 50,000 Philadelphia children by providing academic help, and has graduated more than 1,000 corps members; and

WHEREAS, A five-year study of City Year Greater Philadelphia alumni found that, upon completing a year of service, they vote at nearly twice the rate of their peers, 89% are likely to volunteer regularly, and 81% of those who had joined City Year prior to receiving a high school diploma completed their GED; and

WHEREAS, After completing a year of service, 95% of corps members state that they have expanded job or educational options; 98% say that they made friends with people from different races, economic backgrounds, religion and educational levels; and, 95% state that they made an important difference in someone's life; and

WHEREAS, Starting this fall, the...