City Year Boston's Starry Night - A Virtual Bright Spot ○ Alumni
CYB Alumni: Boston Civic Engagement
Team Fundraising Page!
Since 2006, the BCE team has mobilized more than 50,000 volunteers in service to support Boston schools and communities.
Along the way, we've collected an ancient wizard van named Vandalf, many pairs of pant paints, and lots of wonderful memories! We're very excited to be joining City Year Boston's Starry Night Campaign, and remember the bright spots from our time on BCE.
Check out the gallery below to see our teams and events throughout the years. If you have any pictures you want to share, please email them to us to add to the gallery!
City Year Updates
In March, Boston Public Schools (BPS) announced the closure of all 125 schools citywide. These school closures left 50,000 Boston students without access to in-person schooling. City Year Boston is working closely with BPS to provide innovative distance learning opportunities to students, adapting our Whole School Whole Child program model to suit virtual spaces.
While teachers continue to provide whole-class instruction using platforms like Google Classroom or Zoom, City Year’s AmeriCorps members are providing academic supports in English language arts/literacy and math by facilitating breakout groups, answering questions, and leading enrichment activities. Our corps members are assisting teachers in planning lessons and reviewing students’ assignments and holding office hours to provide one-on-one and small-group tutoring. Importantly, our AmeriCorps members are also supporting students’ social-emotional health and placing phone calls home to students and their families as a way to build connectedness, troubleshoot, and communicate updates.
City Year Boston is one of the only partners to support Boston Public School students throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
City Year’s support of virtual classrooms is a pivotal step in preventing learning loss and generating opportunities for new learning, as well as ensuring greater equity of experience among families who may not otherwise have the ability to facilitate in-home instruction. Beyond this school year, City Year will continue to engage in the virtual space to support BPS students and will be in schools next year to support students when they will need more than ever.
What Does Virtual Service Look Like?
Our Supporters
- Anonymous May 2020
- Anonymous May 2020 $52.50
- Elizabeth D'Addamio May 2020
- Austin Brandt May 2020
- Mark Stehfest Hi Molly , This is just paying back for the all the times I spilled paint in the vans and almost destroying your car with jumper cables. :)) May 2020 $250.00
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- Karen and Jim Soiles April 2020 $1,000.00
- Saida, Sonya and Martin Dagsta Keep up your important work, which is very much appreciated especially during these trying times. May 2020 $525.00
- Anonymous April 2020 $525.00
- Jean Lacey April 2020 $500.00
- Eugenia Soiles I love the work City Year and the BCE team do throughout Boston to make a true impact on our schools, community centers and youth. They change lives! April 2020 $262.50
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Team Badges
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Team : Most Donors
Awarded when a Team gets the highest number of donations
Awarded 04/27/2020
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Team : Fundraising Achieved
Awarded when a Team reaches 100 % of goal
Awarded 05/20/2020
$7,136.18
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Recent Activity
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Lucas Holmes donated $52.50 to CYB Alumni: Boston Civic Engagement
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Heidi and Howard Ostroff and Fieldston made a donation to CYB Alumni: Boston Civic Engagement
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BCE 2013-2014
When your first week has two service days in it, you earn your paint pants pretty quickly!
BCE 2009-2010
Teambuilding at the beginning of the year: when you've just met, why not hop in a canoe?
Red Jacket Weekend at Madison Park High School in 2015!
Shoutout to the Irvines for sharing this lovely photo of painting the locker room at Madison Park in 2015 with BCE as part of Red Jacket Weekend!