Alumna writes Op-Ed in The Philadelphia Daily News!
To encourage public support for funding for YouthBuild programs here and in cities throughout the United States, Class of 2007 graduate Analicia Lindsay-Whitehead wrote an Op-Ed, "A School That Saved My Life," that was published in the The Philadelphia Daily News on February 10, 2009.
Inspiring Communities Through Service on MLK Day
More than 200 of our students and staff members joined 65,000 volunteers throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware on Monday, Jan. 19, 2009 for the 14th Annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service. YouthBuild students and staff organized and served as project leaders for a number of service projects around Philadelphia. Green Playground Construction [...]
YouthBuild Receives Harris Wofford Award for Active Citizenship
We are proud to announce that YouthBuild Philadelphia was awarded the Eleventh Annual Harris Wofford Award for Active Citizenship at the Martin Luther King Day of Service press conference on the morning of Jan. 7, 2009. Mayor Michael Nutter presented the Award to Executive Director Simran Sidhu, along with 2009 class president D'Shaunta Hayward and Program [...]
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