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Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Our Second Annual Global Youth Service Day focused on the Cottage Grove Neighborhood in Youngstown’s South Side near Horizon Science Academy.
In an incredible show of support, 95 volunteers from all around Ohio came to stand up and fight blight. Volunteer children aged 6 to 15, from Horizon Science Academy, Youth Congress, Bondage Busters, and Valley Christian School swept through a total of 25 blocks cleaning all the yards of trash and debris while students from YSU's Greek Life and members of Victory Christian Center boarded a total of 8 houses and removed 462 tires. The event was planned and coordinated by AmeriCorps VISTAs Anika Jacobs, and Sarah Conkle, and YNDC’s Neighborhood Planner Thomas Hetrick who lead teams alongside Jack Daugherty, Frank Elling, Joseph Napier, Bradley McHugh and Cody Signor.
Special thanks to Southgate Pizza on Southern Boulevard for providing pizza for all of our volunteers, and Giant Eagle on Mahoning Avenue in Austintown for their donation of refreshments! FIGHT BLIGHT.