Vote for us on Facebook – Help us win a donation from Chase!
Chase Community Giving is donating another $5 million dollars to charities and non-profit organizations through Facebook, and YouthBuild Philadelphia is in the running! Please take two minutes RIGHT NOW to vote for us! Here's how: First, you have to "LIKE" Chase Community Giving here: Follow this link to their page. Then go to this page to [...]
ADVOCACY ALERT: Support the National YouthBuild Movement!
Last month, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1 (the Continuing Resolution for FY’11), which proposed to cut over $60 billion in government spending for the rest of the fiscal year. The measure called for the elimination of both YouthBuild and the Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps). See the proposed cuts here (PDF). While [...]
Sponsor a Student’s Service Trip to Rebuild the Gulf Coast!
YouthBuild Philadelphia is proud to offer the opportunity for 30 students to travel to the Gulf Coast for a week long service trip. The spring break trip (April 16-22) will give students — most of whom have never traveled outside of Philadelphia — the opportunity to experience a new area of the country and support ongoing [...]
Students to Complete Energy-Star Certified Home
YouthBuild Philadelphia's first signature green rehabilitation project is almost ready for a new first-time homebuyer! The project on Uber Street in the Nicetown section of Philadelphia is in partnership with Nicetown Community Development Corporation. The rebuilding commenced in 2009 during a special demolition event with community volunteers and YouthBuild's Class of 2010 led the energy-efficient and [...]
YBN: We are in the Movement
Poem by Farah Johnson, Class of 2011 Originally published in YBN, the YouthBuild Philadelphia student newspaper All of us as the youth Striving together towards improvement. We have a never-ending burning desire. It lives in us, within our souls. Our diplomas we yearn to acquire. The labels we were branded with slowly disintegrate, But the trials [...]
Staff Q&A: Candace Carmon, Director of Vocational Programming
What is your background and why did you choose to come to YouthBuild Philadelphia? After finishing undergraduate at Cornell, I worked as a high school English teacher in Newark Public Schools, and decided to move into school leadership. I began pursuing a master's degree while managing vocational training at an adult education school. YouthBuild appealed to [...]
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