Subject: Invitation to DYCD's YouthWeek 2005
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:42:51 -0500
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From: "Corniel, Cristian"
To: "CB9M" nyc-cb9m@juno.com
Dear DYCD constituent,
On behalf of NYC Department of Youth and Community Development Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav, you are invited to attend the April 18 Kick-Off event for YouthWeek 2005.
Please see the attached invitation and information.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/html/youthweek2005.html
YouthWeek 2005
April 8 to April 16, 2005
CONNECTING YOUTH & COMMUNITIES
THROUGH SERVICE
KICK-OFF EVENT
Date: Friday, April 8, 2005
Where: John Jay College
899 Tenth Avenue (between 58th and 59th Streets)
When: Town Hall Meeting (Gerald W. Lynch Theater)
1:00 P.M. to 2:30 P.M.
Public Service Career Fair (4th Floor Gym)
2:30 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
Sponsored by the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, City Year,
and Children for Children, YouthWeek 2005 will focus on youth volunteerism and
community service. It will mobilize young people, public officials, civic leaders, and
community groups to work together in a series of borough-wide service projects.
Youth will LEARN, SERVE, and REPRESENT their communities.
For more information, go to www.nyc.gov/dycd.
New York City Department of Youth and Community Development
Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor Jeanne B. Mullgrav, Commissioner
Overview
YouthWeek 2005
YouthWeek is an annual event sponsored by the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) that brings together young people, public officials, community groups and corporate leaders to focus on an issue of importance to the City’s youth. The theme for YouthWeek 2005 is community service. This year’s YouthWeek is being presented in partnership with Children for Children and City Year New York and will culminate with National Youth Service Day on Saturday April 16th. Together, DYCD, Children for Children and City Year New York will mobilize hundreds of NYC youth to learn, serve and represent their communities through various service projects.
YouthWeek 2005 will include three major events from April 8th through April 16th.
Kick-Off Event (Friday, April 8th)
· Who: Speakers to include: Mayor Michael Bloomberg (invited), DYCD Commissioner Mullgrav. Attendees to include: Members of the media, Americorps program representatives, corporate sponsors, and hundreds of NYC youth interested in community and public service.
· What: A) The event will announce YouthWeek to the public and the media via a press conference and town hall meeting on how to engage youth in public service careers.
B) City Year will host 2nd Annual Americorps Service Fair, targeted at 16-21 yr olds.
· Where: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 10th Avenue
· When: Friday afternoon (Town Hall: 1pm-2:30pm, Service Fair: 2:30pm-6pm)
Borough-Based Beacon Events (Saturday, April 9th – Friday, April 15th)
· Who: Beacon youth, Beacon staff, community members, parents, corporate sponsors.
· What: Five borough-specific community service events anchored around local Beacon programs, leading up to National Youth Service Day on Saturday April 16th. Each Beacon will develop a different community service project depending on their resources, program activities and the needs of the local community.
· Where: Beacon sites in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Queens.
· When: Most events will run between 3pm-6pm in the afternoon to allow for maximum student participation; 150-250 students are estimated at each site.
National Youth Service Day (Saturday, April 16th)
· Who: 400+ youth, corporate sponsors, community members, city officials, volunteers from the Mayor’s Office of Volunteers and sponsor organizations.
· What: Large scale service project: clean-up of Pelham Park.
· Where: Pelham Park, the Bronx.
· When: Saturday morning and afternoon.
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