Addressing Community Challenges through the AmeriCorps VISTA Program

07/23/24 • 36 min

Learn about AmeriCorps VISTA program - a program that encourages national service by connecting service-minded individuals with nonprofit organizations around the country! Hear from NYLC’s own AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers, Nadia Kruzel and Becky Cole, on what drove them to this work, the impact they’ve had on NYLC in their time with us, and why they believe in the work of service, volunteering, and the power of young people!

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