STUFF ABOUT ME:

I am 21 years old finishing up my second year of City Year in Los Angeles. I grew up in Mississippi and went to college in Missouri. Though my time with City Year is coming to an end, my lifetime of service and dedication to changing the world is only just beginning! I will return to Missouri in June to finish college and further explore the world of service!

I chose City Year because I wanted to do something that made an impact. Sometimes the hours are long and you can't see the effect you're having right away, but it's obvious that City Year in a school has a huge impact on the school as well as the individual students we work with.

Letter to editor of The News-Leader
By Sara Landry
July 2009

Picking up the newspaper on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 was one of my proudest moments. I very much appreciated the article that donned the front page as a call to action to the Springfield community into volunteerism from Mayor Jim O'Neal. To repeat it merely sounds like a broken record, but the economy of our nation is not in the best position it has ever been. We do not have all of the resources we are accustomed to at our disposal anymore, and alternative methods of caring for our communities are becoming necessary. A few months ago, our President made a national call to service, encouraging Americans to come together as a community to not only identify needs, but to meet them by working together and giving up as much time and energy as possible to solve those problems. Whether it means helping out at your local soup kitchen to serve a meal or two a week, cleaning up a park, becoming a mentor to a child that you know could use a friend and role model, there is an abundance of opportunities in our area to volunteer and do something outside of yourself; to help enhance the lives of others and your community as a whole. The nonprofit that I currently work for uses the phrase “Never Doubt” in all that we do. This refers to the quote made my Margaret Mead, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” I encourage the Springfield community to live by this quote.


WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR ME:

I am dedicated to service. I have found (thanks to City Year) the place I was meant to be. I am completely sold on the idea that young people can change the world and will do everything in my power to see to it that it happens.


This year, I am serving at Berendo Middle School. We have been tutoring and mentoring students for almost ten months now and have seen great improvements in both their grades and their behavior. I want to make sure that after my ten months here are finished, City Year will be able to return to Berendo in full force to continue with my students and many, many more.


CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE AT www.hereigo.weebly.com TO SEE MORE OF MY WORK WITH
CITY YEAR AT BERENDO MIDDLE SCHOOL and some of our Starfish Stories!!


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