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Cooking healthy, delicious and affordable meals on a budget is easy. Read on for five great recipes made with AmeriCorps…

Learn more about serving with City Year AmeriCorps as a student success coach tutoring and mentoring students.

City Year Philadelphia alum Anthony Copeman, a certified financial educator who focuses on helping millennials manage their financial health, grew…

While working on her City Year application, Jessica Butay reached the question: ‘Where would you like to apply to serve?’…

Taking a gap year, whether it’s between high school and college, during your undergraduate years or after college, is a…

As communications professionals, we oversee many powerful levers that influence why someone would want to work with an organization (including donors, volunteers,…

If you’re interested in positively shaping your community through policy, you’ll want to check out some of our University Partnerships….

City Year has more 20 University Partnerships that offer alumni scholarships for graduate-level programs in the mental health field. Here’s…

Through City Year’s University Partnership with the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania, Walker took advantage of…

Moving is something that’s not only logistically challenging but can also be a strain financially, particularly when you’re learning to…

Discovering new places to have a great meal is a fun way to get to know the community where you’ll…

Over his six-year teaching career, Kevin has distinguished himself as an outstanding educator, winning numerous awards. Kevin credits his time…