WHEREAS, In 1997, the City Year Philadelphia site was
established for the purposes of furthering the mission of the
City Year organization and expanding the scope of the
organization's impact; and
WHEREAS, The mission of the City Year organization is
effectively realized by AmeriCorps members, who adopt a hands-on
approach to delivering much needed support both inside and
outside of the classroom over the course of an 11-month term of
service; and
WHEREAS, With nearly 15,000 Philadelphia students at risk for
dropping out of school, the City Year Philadelphia organization
assumes an integral role in providing students with both the
academic and socioemotional support that are needed in order to
thrive in the classroom and graduate on schedule; and
WHEREAS, Since its inception, the City Year Americorps has
positively impacted greater Philadelphia schools by deploying
more than 3,000 corps members, providing more than 4.5 million
hours of service, engaging more than 60,000 volunteers and
generating more than $5 million in educational awards; and
WHEREAS, The invaluable efforts of the City Year Philadelphia
site and its AmeriCorps members have also yielded tremendous
success by providing desperately needed before-school programs
and after-school programs, as well as assisting students in 14
Philadelphia public and charter schools with achieving
quantifiable academic improvement in the classroom; and
WHEREAS, Under the adroit leadership of the City Year
Philadelphia site's executive director, board of directors,
alumni board and associate board, the organization has left both
a positive and indelible mark upon the City of Philadelphia's
educational landscape; and
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