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WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ
MARTIN LIPTON
DANIEL A. NEFF
299 PARK AVENUE
GEORGE A. KATZ (1965-1989)
HERBERT M. WACHTELL
ERIC M. ROTH
LEONARD M. ROSEN
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JAMES H. FOGELSON (1967-1991)
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MITCHELL S. PRESSER
STEVEN G. LOCKWOOD
April 1, 1993
The Commission on National
and Community Service
529 14th Street, N.W.
Suite 452
Washington, D.C. 20045
Dear Sirs and Madames:
I understand that New York University, its Faculty
Resource Network, and the City Volunteer Corps of New York
have submitted a proposal to answer President Clinton's call
for young Americans to join in a "Summer of Service". I am
writing to offer my strong support of that proposal.
New York University, as you know, has been actively
involved in community service for the past decade. Dr. L.
Jay Oliva, the president of NYU, organized a special team of
students known as the C-Team more than six years ago to in-
stitutionalize such service programs. Under his vigorous le-
adership, more than 3,000 students have become involved in
community service projects, volunteering at six service sites
on the Lower East Side.
WACHTELL LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ
The Commission on National
April 1, 1993
and Community Service
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New York University in collaboration with its Fac-
ulty Resource Network is now teaming its resources and expe-
rience with the City Volunteer Corps in response to President
Clinton's national service initiative. Since its inception
nine years ago, the City Volunteer Corps, the largest urban
national service corps, has emerged as a respected national
model for youth corps. Together these two organizations have
developed a proposal that details the broad impact their pro-
gram would have on the lives of at-risk children in New York
City. I believe their proposal gives meaning and substance
to the idea of national service, and I hope you will view it
affirmatively.
The NYU/CVC proposal could serve as an extraordi-
nary example of how the President's call for national service
can be translated into an unprecedented Summer of Service be-
nefiting thousands of people, both the people served, and the
volunteers themselves. I urge you to give this proposal your
support.
Very truly yours
Martin Lipton
CC: Mr. Eli Segal, Director
White House Office of
National Service
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
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CITY VOLUNTEER CORPS
838 BROADWAY
NEW YORK, NY 10003
(212) 475-6444
Herbert Sturz
Fax (212) 475-9457
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
William A. Diaz
VICE CHAIRMAN
BOARD MEMBERS
Donald A. Cole
Gregory Farrell
Solomon Goodrich
April 2, 1993
Curtis Harris
Mary Holloway
Martha V. Johns
Mr. Eli Segal
Randolph S. Kinder
Assistant to the President and Director
Reverend John Lazar
Larry Lee
Office of National Service
Stanley Litow
The White House
Barbara A. Margolis
LaMar P. Miller
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Frank A. Moretti
Washington, D.C. 20500
Lisette Nieves
Sonia Ospina
Charlotte V.M. Ottley
Dear Mr. Segal:
Benjamin Powell
Orlando Rodriguez
Holly Russell
The City Volunteer Corps (CVC) was very pleased to
Edward L. Sadowsky
Robert Steingut
submit a proposal in collaboration with New York
Most Rev. Joseph M. Sullivan
University for President Clinton's "Summer of Service"
Sherwin Waldron
program. It received wide support from project
Toni D. Schmiegelow
sponsors and public officials, and I wanted to share
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
some of their letters of support with you. They include
a letter from Mayor David Dinkins of New York City, as
well as Congressman Major Owens of the authorization
committee for national service legislation and Senator
Daniel P. Moynihan, the Finance Committee chairman.
We think that the proposal is particularly exciting
because it targets three especially needy New York City
areas for service--Harlem, the Lower East Side, and
North Central Brooklyn (Crown Heights, Bedford-
Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Brownsville, and East New York).
Our proposal includes an evaluation component to test
for measurable results from our volunteers' work and it
includes a unique and innovative public safety
demonstration program with the New York Police
Department which should lead to results that can be
replicated nationally.
President Clinton's Summer of Service program is an
important first step towards attaining the full promise
of a national service program in the United States. We
at the City Volunteer Corps hope to have the privilege
to participate in this program.
A DEMONSTRATION OF NATIONAL SERVICE
Our proposal combines the particular strengths of New York
University, a leader in college-based service programming, with
the experience and track record of CVC, created nearly a decade
ago as an independent non-profit agency by the Mayor's Office to
operate New York City's official national service corps.
I believe that CVC is the most appropriate program for national
service funding in New York City based on several program
elements which are central to national service corps: emphasis on
high-quality services responding to the greatest needs of the
City and to the service delivery mandates of government; up-front
intensive training of participants; peer support stemming from
the emphasis on the team and teamwork; diversity of the teams and
their careful daily supervision by qualified professionals; a
formal education program which complements the daily project
work; built-in opportunities for service-learning and reflection
through journal writing and other activities; leadership
development; and careful preparation of participants for exit
from the Corps.
By joining forces, NYU and CVC will be able to make an important
contribution to the health and well-being of 12,500 children in
New York City. This is particularly important in New York, with
its high level of poverty, especially for children, and its
unmatched needs as shown in a host of economic, social and health
indicators.
Enclosed are letters of support from New Yorkers for the NYU/CVC
proposal. We look forward to the opportunity to help translate
the President's vision into a tangible reality.
Sincerely,
Joni Schmiegelow
Toni Schmiegelow
Executive Director
enclosure
CITY VOLUNTEER CORPS
838 BROADWAY
NEW YORK, NY 10003
(212) 475-6444
Fax (212) 475-9457
Letters of Support from Public Officials
United States Congress:
Senator Daniel P. Moynihan
Representative Major Owens
Representative Carolyn B. Maloney
Representative Nydia M. Velazquez
City of New York:
Mayor David N. Dinkins
Councilmember Stanley E. Michaels
Councilmember Antonio Pagan
Manhattan Borough President Ruth W. Messinger
A DEMONSTRATION OF NATIONAL SERVICE
DANIEL P. MOYNIHAN
NEW YORK
United States Senate
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-3201
April 1, 1993
Dear Ms. Milton:
It is my pleasure to offer my strong support for what I
believe is an important project to further national service in
this country. I fully support the "Summer of Service" proposal
offered by New York University and the City Volunteer Corps of
New York. The NYU/CVC partnership is uniquely qualified to
answer President Clinton's call to young Americans. The proposal
will demonstrate the many contributions of a full-scale national
service plan. It will tap the energy and skills of 300 people to
make a fundamental difference in three targeted neighborhoods of
New York City. Based on economic and social indicators, these
neighborhoods are among the most needy in the United States.
New York University has a rich and proud history of
providing service to the community. For example, through the C-
Team of 125 volunteers who operate out of NYU President Olivia's
office, NYU is able to assist the needy in providing essential
social services. Nine years ago when the City of New York
decided to create a national service program, it created and
contracted with a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization to
operate it. Now, CVC is the nation's largest urban national
service corps and at the forefront of providing young volunteers
to work with children at risk.
New York University is a member of the Faculty Resource
Network representing 14 liberal arts colleges and ten
historically black colleges across the nation. Through the
Resource Network, NYU will enlist 100 young people to join forces
with 200 volunteers from CVC in this extraordinary effort. By
joining forces, NYU, CVC, and the Faculty Resource Network
propose to change the lives of at least 10,000 at-risk children
in New York City, bringing teams of youthful volunteers to
particularly needy neighborhoods. These committed participants
will work in four areas--health care, environmental improvement,
educational enrichment and public safety--with a focus on at-risk
children.
New York City will benefit greatly from the service provided
by the Summer of Service participants. Our entire country will
benefit from the esprit de corps which will no doubt be generated
when all the Summer of Serice youths from across the country come
together at the Commission-sponsored training in California and
at the National Service Summit in Washington, D.C. Additionally,
I believe, as President Clinton does, that the volunteers
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themselves also will reap many rewards from their Summer of
Service experience--increasing their maturity, citizenship and
skills. Indeed, I expect that those who join in this program
will bring home the lessons they have learned and continue their
service in the following academic year and in their other
endeavors.
I am convinced, given the record of commitment and success
of NYU and CVC in providing services to the community, that this
partnership will be most successful, and would urge you to offer
your strong support for it.
Sincerely,
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Ms. Catherine Milton
Commission on National and Community Service
529 14th Street N.W., suite 452
Washington, DC 20045
03/29/93
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Ms. Catherine Milton
Executive Director
Commission on National and Community Service
529 14th Street, NW
Suite 452
Washington, DC 20045
Dear Ms. Milton:
I am writing to express my strong support for the "Summer of Service"
proposal offered by New York University (NYU) and the City Volunteer Corps (CVC)
of New York. The NYU/CVC partnership Is uniquely qualified to answer President
Clinton's call to young Americans. This cutting edge proposal will demonstrate the
many contributions of a full-scale national service plan. It will tap the energy and skills
of 300 young people to make a fundamental difference in three high-poverty
neighborhoods in New York City.
NYU and CVC have an impressive track record in providing opportunities for
national service. NYU has a rich and proud history of providing service to the
community. For example, through the C-Team of 125 volunteers who operate out of
President Oliva's office, NYU is able to assist the needy in providing essential social
services. The CVC has a similarly distinguished history. It is now the nation's largest
urban national service corps and Is at the forefront of providing opportunities for
young volunteers to work with at-risk children.
NYU is a member of the Faculty Resource Network representing 14 liberal arts
colleges and 10 historically black colleges across the nation. Through the Resource
Network, NYU will enlist 100 young people to join forces with 200 CVC volunteers
in an extraordinary partnership. Teams of young volunteers will work in high-poverty
neighborhoods in four targeted areas--health care, environmental improvement,
educational enrichment and public safety--glving particular emphasis to the needs of
at-risk children.
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New York City will benefit greatly from the service provided by the Summer of
Service participants. I believe, as President Clinton does, that the volunteers
themselves also will reap many rewards from their Summer of Service experience-
Increasing their meturity, citizenship, and skills. Indeed, I expect that those who
participate in this program will bring home the lessons they have learned and continue
their service In the following academic year and in their other endeavors.
I urge you to give your support to this innovative proposal. 1 am convinced,
given the record and success of NYU and CVC in providing services to the
community, that this partnership will be most successful.
Sincerely yours,
MAJOR R. OWENS
Member of Congress
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Commission on National and Community Service
529 14th St, NW
Suite 452
Washington, DC 20045
Dear Sirs:
I understand that New York University, its Faculty Resource Network, and the City
Volunteer Corps of Now York have submitted a proposal to answer President Clinton's call for
young Americans to join in 2 "Summer of Service.' I am writing to offer my strong support
for their proposal.
NYU and CVC both have impressive track records in providing community service.
Since its inception nine years ago, the City Volunteer Corps, the largest urban service corps
in the nation, has enrolled 7,000 young people in over 300 different service projects per year
to perform meaningful community service. CVC is a highly respected national model for youth
corps. New York University, under the vigorous leadership of its President L. Jay Oliva, has
engaged 3,000 students in community service. The C-Team, founded by Dr. Oliva in 1990,
engages 125 student volunteers at six service sites on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. What
makes the C-Team so extraordinary is that it operates directly out of the university president's
office.
NYU will also bring to this collaboration the extranrdinary resources of the Faculty
Resource Network. This innovative consortium, linking NYU with 14 neighboring liberal arts
colleges and 10 historically black colleges, is a nationally recognized model for faculty
development and resource-sharing. The Network embraces 3,000 faculty and 70,000 students,
25,000 of them minorities. Its schools, located in urban areas ranging from New Rochello to
Atlanta to New Orleans, are eager to panicipate in this effort to meet the needs of children at
risk.
By joining forces, NYU, CVC and the Network propose to change the lives of at least
10,000 at risk children in New York City, bringing teams of youthful volunteers to all five
boroughs of New York. These committed participants will work in four targeted areas--health
care, environmental improvement, educational enrichment and public safety--all areas of great
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support, and I respectfully request that you give it your most serious consideration.
Sincerely
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Member of Congress
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Commission on National and
Community Service
529 14th street, N.W.
Suite 452
Washington, D.C. 20045
Dear Sir/Madam:
I understand that New York University, its Faculty Resource
Network, and the City volunteer Corps of New York have submitted
a proposal to answer President Clinton's call for young Americans
to join in 8 "Summer of Service." I am writing to offer my
strong support of that proposal.
Both NYU and CVC on their own have an impressive track
record in providing community service. Since its inception nine
years ago, the city Volunteer Corps, the largest urban nationel
service corps, has enrolled 7,000 young people performing
meaningful community service on over 300 diffarent service
projects a year; CVC is a highly respected national model for
youth corps. New York University, under the vigorous leadership
of its President, L. Jay Oliva, has engaged 3,000 students in
community service. The C-Team, founded by Dr. Oliva in 1990,
engages 125 student voluntaers at six servicas sites on the Lower
East Sids. what makes the C-Team 50 extraordinary is that it
operates directly out of a university president's office.
New York University will also bring to this collaboration
the extraordinary resources of the Faculty Resource Network.
This innovative consortium, linking NYU with 14 neighboring
liberal arts colleges and 10 historically black colleges, is a
nationally recognized model for faculty development and resource-
sharing. The Network embraces 3,000 faculty and 70,000 students,
25,000 of them minorities. Its schools, located in urban areas
ranging from New Rochalle to Atlanta to New Orleans, are eager to
participate in thio effort to mest the neads of children at risk.
By joining foroes, NYU, CVC and the Natwork propose to
change the lives of at least 10,000 at risk children in New York
city, bringing teams of youthful voluntears to all five boroughs
of Naw York. These committed participants will work in four
targeted areas -- health care, environmental improvement,
aducational enrichment and public safety -- all representing
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While New York city will behafit greatly from the services
of these enargetic young paople, the volunteers themselves also
will reap many rewards from their summer experience -- increasing
their maturity, citizenship and sense of compassion.
In my view, the proposed NYU/CVC Summer of Service merits
commendation and support.
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THE CITY OF NEW York
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10007
March 31, 1993
Commission on National and Community Service
529 14th Street, NW
Suite 452
Washington, DC 20045
Dear Commission Members:
I am writing to offer my strong support for the Summer of Service proposal submitted
by New York University (NYU) and the City Volunteer Corps (CVC).
By joining forces, CVC, NYU and its Faculty Resource Network propose to bring
together teams of youth volunteers to neighborhoods in all five boroughs of New York City,
making a fundamental difference in the lives of up to 10,000 at-risk youth and strengthening
some of the most needy communities in the country. These committed participants will
work in four targeted areas -- health care, environmental improvement, educational
enrichment and public safety -- all representing areas of great concern and need in our city.
While New York City will benefit from the services of these young people, the volunteers
themselves will also reap many rewards from their summer experience, by increasing their
maturity, citizenship and sense of compassion. I believe NYU and CVC are uniquely
qualified to successfully implement this proposal.
Both NYU and CVC have an impressive record of providing national and community
service. In 1990, NYU President Dr. L. Jay Oliva founded C-Team which has engaged 3,000
students in community service. Currently, 125 student volunteers work at six service sites on
Manhattan's Lower East Side, providing essential social services to that community's
impoverished population. NYU's innovative consortium, the Faculty Resource Network, links
NYU with 14 liberal arts colleges and 10 African-American colleges across the country, and
is a nationally recognized model for faculty development and resource-sharing. The Network
embraces 3,000 faculty and 70,000 students, including 25,000 minority students. The members
of the Network are eager to participate in the Summer of Service initiative and offer their
wealth of knowledge and resources. CVC, initiated by the City of New York as a model for
national service, has enrolled 7,000 young people in over 300 different community service
projects annually. CVC is the country's largest urban national service corps and at the
forefront of providing young volunteers with the training and skills to work with children at
risk.
With their record of commitment and ccess in service to New York City, I am
convinced that NYU and CVC will be equally dedicated and successful in the
implementation of the Summer of Service program in New York City. I urge you to offer
your strong support for their proposal.
Sincerely,
Diuznis
David N. Dinkins
MAYOR
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Commission on National and Community Service
529 14th Street, Suite 452
Washington D.C. 20045
Dear Sir/Madam:
I am writing to express my strong support for the "Summer of
Service" proposal by the City Volunteer Corps (CVC) and New York
University, which will not only serve as a singular example of
national service for the country, but also will fundamentally
help three of the most needy neighborhoods in New York and per-
haps in the country.
CVC, the nation's largest urban national service corps, has
an impressive nine-year track record of providing young volun-
teers to work on a wide variety of useful community projects.
CVC improves not only the areas where it works but also enriches
the lives of its volunteers, providing them with valuable job and
life experience and money for college tuition.
Under this proposal, 100 NYU volunteers and 200 CVC volun~
teers plan to work with more than 10,000 at-risk children in
Harlem, the Lower East side, and north central Brooklyn on health
care, environmental improvement, educational enrichment and
public safety projects. The "Summer of Service" would provide
both the volunteers and the youth with an unforgettable, produc-
tive and educational experience. I know that this program would
prove to be very effective in my district.
I urge you to give this proposal the utmost consideration.
Sincerely
Stanley E. Michels
MAR-29-1993
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Dear Sirs:
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I write to lend my full support for the "Summer of Service" proposal
submitted by New York University and City Volunteer Corps of New York
City. This thoughtful and dynamic proposal will harness the skills and
energies of 300 young adults and direct them towards delivering
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fundamental services in three neighborhoods in New York City. Based on
social indicators, the communities that have been chosen are among the
neediest in the United States.
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New York University and City Volunteer Corps of New York City
(NYC/CVC) individually have impressive track records regarding their high
quality community services programs. NYU has 125 volunteers that operate
out of President Oliva's office assisting those in underserved areas of the
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City. Currently CVC is the nation's largest urban national corps of young
volunteers working with children at risk.
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New York University is a member of the Faculty Resource Network
representing 14 liberal arts colleges and ten historically black colleges
across the nation. Through the Faculty Resource Network NYU will draw
100 youths to join with 200 volunteers from CVC in this extraordinary effort.
Jointly, the CVC, NYU and the Faculty Resource Network will be able to
outreach to an estimated 10,000 at risk children. Participants will work in
four targeted areas - health care, environmental improvement, educational
enrichment and public safety - with a focus on at risk children.
New York City will greatly benefit from the spirit and services generated
from the Summer of Service. I believe as President Clinton does that the
volunteers will reap rewards from their individual and collective
experiences that will be of value throughout their life.
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I am wholeheartedly supporting the proposal offered by these two very
capable groups and urge you to join me by favorably considering this most
viable partnership.
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THE CITY OF NEW YORK
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE
BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10007
AUTH MESSINGER
(212) 669-8300
BOROUGH PRESIDENT
March 30, 1993
Commission on National and Community Services
529 14th Street NW, Suite 452
Washington, D.C. 20045
Dear Commission on National and Community Service:
It is my pleasure to offer my strong support for what I believe
is an instrumental project to further national service in this
country. I fully support the "Summer of Service" proposal
offered by New York University and the city Volunteer Corps of
New York. The NYU/CVC partnership is uniquely qualified to
answer President Clinton's call to young Americans. The cutting
edge proposal will demonstrate the many contributions of a full-
scale national service plan. It will tap the energy and skills
of 300 young people to make a fundamental difference in three
targeted neighborhoods of New York City. Based on economic and
social indicators, these neighborhoods are among the most needy
in the United States.
NYU and CVC have an impressive track record in providing national
service. New York University has a rich and proud history of
providing service to the community. For example, through the C-
Team of 125 volunteers who operate out of NYU President Oliva's
office, NYU is able to assist the needy in providing essential
social services. Nine years ago when the city of New York
decided to create a national service program, it created and
contracted with a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization to
operate it. Now, CVC is the nations's largest urban national
service corps and is at the forefront of providing young
volunteers to work with children at risk.
New York University is a member of the Faculty Resource Network
representing 14 liberal arts colleges and ten historically black
colleges across the nation. Through the Resource Network, NYU
will enlist 100 young people to join forces with 200 volunteers
from CVC in this extraordinary effort. By joining forces, NYU,
CVC, and the Faculty Resource Network propose to change the lives
of at least 10,000 at-risk children in New York city, bringing
teams of youthful volunteers to particularly needy neighborhoods.
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These committed participants will work in four targeted areas--
health care, environmental improvement, educational enrichment
and public safety -- with a focus on at-risk children.
New York City will benefit greatly from the service provided by
the Summer of Service participants. Our entire country and
indeed the rest of the world will benefit from the esprit de
corps which will no doubt be generated when all the Summer of
Service youths from across the country come together at the
Commission-sponsored training in California and at the National
Service Summit in Washington D.C. Additionally, I believe, as
President Clinton does, that the volunteers themselves also reap
many rewards from their Summer of Service experience --
increasing their maturity, citizenship and skills. Indeed, I
expect that those who join in this program will bring home the
lessons they have learned and continue their service in the
following academic year and in their other endeavors.
I am convinced, given the record of commitment and success of NYU
and CVC in providing services to the community, that this
partnership will be most successful, and would urge you to offer
your strong support for it.
Sincerel
Ruth W. Messinger
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CITY VOLUNTEER CORPS
838 BROADWAY
NEW YORK, NY 10003
(212) 475-6444
Fax (212) 475-9457
Letters of Support from Project Sponsors:
Carribean Women's Health Association, Inc.
City of New York Parks & Recreation
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University
Council on the Environment of New York City
Crown Heights Service Center, Inc.
Grand Street Settlement
Henry Street Settlement
A Place for Kids
Project Harmony, Inc.
University Settlement
Watch Team
YWCA of Brooklyn
A DEMONSTRATION OF NATIONAL SERVICE
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CARIBBEAN WOMEN'S HEALTH ASSOCIATION, INC.
2725 Church Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11226 (718) 826-2942 Fax/ (718) 826 2948
1600 Central Avenue PAR Rockaway, New York 11691 (718) 868-4746 Fax# (718) 327 4173
March 30, 1993
Dear Commission on National and Community Service:
] am writing to offer my support as a project site sponsor for the "Summer of Service" proposal offered
by New York University and the City Volunteer Corps of New York. The NYU/CVC partnership is
uniquely qualified to answer President Clinton's call to service to young Americans. This cutting odge
proposal will demonstrate the many contributions of a full-scale national service plan. It will tap the
energy and skills of 300 young people to make a fundamental difference in three targeted neighborhoods
of New York City, as well AS other ncighborhoods where service is vitally needed. Based on economic
and social indicators, these neighborhoods are among the most needy in the United States.
As one of the proposed project sites for the Summer of Service, we offer our full support of the
NYU/CVC proposal. NYU and CVC have an impressive track record in providing national service.
Their assistance this summer working with my agency will make a very important difference in the lives
of the people we serve, and enable us to provide services not otherwise possible. New York University
has a rich and proud history of providing service to the community. For example, through the C-Team
of 125 volunteers who operate out of NYU President Oliva's office. NYU is able to assist the needy in
providing essential social services. Nine years ago when the City of New York decided to create a
national service program, 11 created and contracted with a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization to
operate it. Now CVC is the nation's largest urban national service corps and at the forefront of providing
young volunteers to work with children at risk.
New York University is a member of the Faculty Resource Network representing 14 liberal arts colleges
and ton historically black colleges across the nation. Through the Resource Network, NYU will enlist
100 young people to join forces with 200 volunteers from CVC in this extraordinary effort. By juining
forces, NYU, CVC, and the Faculty Resource network propose to change the lives of at least 10,000 at-
risk children in New York City, bringing teams of youthful volunteers to particularly needy
neighborhoods. These committed participants will work in four targeted areas--health care, environmental
improvement, educational enrichment and public safety-with a focus on at-risk children.
I am convinced, given the record of commitment and success of NYU and CVC in providing services
10 the community, that this partnership will be most successful. and would urge you to offer your strong
support for it.
Twonne Singerely, 86rahm
YVONNE J. GRAHAM
Executive Director
A TAX EXEMPT NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
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Brooklyn Borough Office
City of New York
Litchfield Villa, Prospect Park
Parks & Recreation
Brooklyn, New York 11215
Julius Spiegel
Betsy Gotbaum
Borough Commissioner
Commissioner
March 31, 1993
Dear Commission on National and Community Service:
I am writing to offer my support as a project site
sponsor for the "Summer of Service" proposal offered by New
York University and the City Volunteer Corps of New York.
The NYU/CVC partnership is uniquely qualified to answer
president Clinton's call to service to young Americans.
this cutting edge proposal will demonstrate the many
contributions of a full-scale national service plan. It
will tap the energy and skills of 300 young people to make a
fundamental difference in three targeted neighborhoods are
among the most ncedy in the United States.
As one of the proposed project sites for the Summer of
Service, WC offer our full support of the NYU/CVC proposal.
NYU and CVC have an impressive track record in providing
national service. Their assistance this summer working with
my agency, the New York City Department of Parks and
Recreation Brownsville Recreation Center, Summer Camp, will
make a very important difference in the lives of the
children and families we serve. It will also enable us to
maintain our service levels and provide additional services
not otherwise possible.
New York University has a rich and proud history of
providing service to the community. For example, through
the C-Team of 125 volunteers who operate out of NYU
President Oliva's office, NYU is able to assist the needy in
providing essential services. Nine years ago when the City
of New York decided to create a national service program, it
created and contracted with a 501(C)(3) not-for-profit
organization to operate it. Now CVC is the nation's largest
urban national service corps and at the forefront of
providing young volunteers to work with children at risk.
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New York University is a member of the Faculty Resource
Network, NYU will enlist 100 young people to join forces
with 200 volunteers from CVC in this extraordinary effort.
By joining forces, NYU, CVC, and the Faculty Resource
network propose to change the lives of at least 10,000 at-
risk children in New York City, bringing teams of youthful
volunteers to particularly needy neighborhood. These
committed participants will work in four targeted areas-
-health carc, environmental improvement, educational
enrichment and public safety--with a focus on at-risk
children.
I am convinced, given the record of commitment and
success of NYU and CVC in providing services to the
community, that. this partncrship will be most successful,
and would urge you to offer your strong support for it.
Sincerely,
William nelson 33W
William Nelson
Administrative Director
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University
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New York, N.Y. 10037
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Harlom Hospital Center
06 Lenox Avenue
March 30, 1993
Dear Commission on National and Community Service:
The Harlem Hospital Injury Prevention Program will serve as a
site sponsor for the Summer of Service proposal offered by New
York University and the City Volunteer Corps of New York. We
fully support the City Volunteer Corps as an excellent program
for young people which helps them discover their future while
giving service to the city.
The Harlem Hospital Injury Prevention Program has extended
support to the 90,000 children in Northern Manhatten since 1988
and has been working with City Volunteer Corp teams since then.
The teams dove tail into our Injury Prevention and School Health
programs. While the young people are helping in injury prevention
they are also learning about the health care system in the inner
city and are in fact learning injury prevention which will be
useful to them for the rest of their lives.
I am convinced that the partnership of NYU and the CVC will
provide a productive program for young people and will provide
excellent outreach to the poor children in the inner city. I
offer my whole hearted support to this effort.
Sincerely,
Bar Bus M.D.
Barbara Barlow M.D.
Chief of Pediatric Surgery
Director of Injury Prevention Program
Professor of Clinical Surgery
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COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT
OF NEW YORK CITY
Marian S. Helskell
March 30, 1993
Honorary Chairman
Christopher Elliman
Chairman
David Lenefsky
Vice Chairman
Dear Commission on National and Community Service:
Richard Abrons
Secretary
Stella Strombolls
Treasurer
I am writing in support of the "Summer of Service" proposal
Lys McLaughlin
offered by New York University and the City Volunteer Corps of New
Executive Director
York. The NYU/CVC partnership is uniquely qualified to answer
MEMBERS
President Clinton's call to service young Americans. This cutting edge
Albert Appleton
NYC Dept of Environmental Protection
proposal demonstrates the many contributions of a full-scale national
Joyce Phillips Austin
service plan. The proposed project will tap the energy and skills of 300
Clare Beckhard
Martin S. Begun
young people to make a fundamental difference in three targeted
NYU Medical Center
neighborhoods of New York City, as well as other neighborhoods where
Dr. Arline Bronzaft
Lehman College, CUNY
service is vitally needed. Based on economic and social indicators, these
Jeffrey Brooker
Webb & Brooker
neighborhoods are among the most needy in the United States.
William J. Dean
Attorney
NYU and CVC have an impressive track record in providing
Jacqueline Dryloos
Psychotherapist
national service. Their assistance this summer working with the Council
Dr. Thomas H. Fay
on the Environment of New York City will make a very important
Dr. Edward F. Ferrand
The New York Lung Association
difference in the lives of the people we serve, and enable services not
Aurora Gareiss
Udalls Cove Preservation Committee
otherwise possible. Nine years ago when the City of New York decided
Michael B. Gerrard
to create a national service program, it created and contracted with a 501
Berie, Kass & Case
Eric A. Goldstein
(c) (3) not-for-profit organization to operate it. Now CVC is the
Natural Resources Defense Council
Elizabeth Gotbaum
nation's largest urban national service corps and at the forefront of
NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation
providing young volunteers to work with children at risk.
Dr. Irene Impellizzeri
NYC Board of Education
Ted H. Jacobsen
The Council on the Environment of New York City is part of a
NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Kenneth Knuckles
public private partnership called Lots-for-Tots Program. We work
NYC Dept. of General Services
closely with the Mayor's Inter-Agency Task Force on Vacant Land
Bernard D. Lee
Pfizer, Inc.
Utilization. Lots-for-Tots transform vacant rubble-strewn lots adjacent
Emity Lloyd
NYC Dept. of Sanitation
to day care centers into safe, green play areas for day care and
Marjorie W. Longley
community children.
NYC Off-Track-Betting
Marcella Maxwell
NYC Housing Authority
CVC has worked with CENYC for the past 6 years on the Lots-
William Pierce
Chemical Bank
for-Tots Program, providing thousands of hours of labor without which
Steven Polan
Fischbach Corp
this program would not be possible. To date 11 Lots-for-Tots have been
Ellen O'Flaherty Pratt
Protectors of Pine Oak Woods
completed.
Lucius Riccio
NYC Dept. of Transportation
This summer Lots-for-Tots sites will be developed in Crown
Arthur Rosenblatt
Architect
Heights and in East New York, Brooklyn. A neighborhood park will be
Roger L Strong
Lehman Brothers
refurbished in the Lower East Side, Manhattan.
Eva Tan
Capalino, LoCicero, Marino & Tan, Inc.
HONORARY MEMBER
George Lamb
American Conservation Association
51 CHAMBERS STREET, ROOM 228, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK 10007 (212) 788-7900
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The combined assistance of CVC and NYU bringing teams of youthful volunteers to
assist in the creation of these beautiful, utilitarian open spaces will greatly benefit the lives
of at-risk children in these particularly needy neighborhoods.
The Council on the Environment of New York City looks forward to being part of this
partnership with NYU/CVC. I am convinced, given the record of commitment and success
of NYU and CVC in providing services to the community, that this partnership will be most
successful, and would urge you to offer your strong support for it.
Sincerely,
Lys McLaughlin
Executive Director
718 774 9800
From : CROWN HEIGHTS SERVICE CENTER PHONE No. : 718 774 9800
Mar. 31 1993 6:22PM P02
Crown Heights Service Center, Inc.
Prevention Program
1630 Dean Street, 2nd Fl.
Brooklyn, New York 11213
(718) 774-9800
James St. Furcy
Chairman
Adelaide Miller
Recording Secretary
Clara Charles
Treasurer
March 31, 1993
Gwendolyn Harmon
Executive Director
Dear Commission on National and Community Service:
I am writing to offer my support as a project site sponsor for
the "Summer of Service" proposal offered by New York University and
Line City Volunteer Corps of New York. The NYU/CVC partnership is uniquely
qualified to answer President Clinton'c call to service to young Americans.
This cutting edge proposal will demonstrate the many contributions
of a full-scale national service plan. It will tap the energy and
skills of 300 young people to make a fundamental difference in three
targeted neighborhoods of New York City, as well as other neighborhoods
where service is vitally needed. Based on economic and social indicators,
these neighborhoods are among the most needy in the United States.
As one of the proposed project sites for the Summer of Service,
we offer our full support of the NYU/CVC proposal. NYU and CVC have
an impressive track record in providing national difference in the
lives of the people we serve, and enable us to provide services not
otherwise possible. New York University has a rich and proud history
of providing service to the community. For example, through the C-Team
of 125 volunteers who operate out of NYU President 01ivia's office,
NYU 18 able to assist the needy in providing essential social cervices.
Nine years ago when the City of New York decided to create a national
service program, 1t created and contracted with a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit
organization Lo operate it. Now CVC is the nation's largest urban
national service corps and at the forefront of providing young volunteers
LU work with children at risk.
New York Ulversity is a member of the Faculty Resource Network
representing 14 11beral arts colleges across the nation. Through the
Resource Network, NYU will enlist 100 young people to join forces with
200 volunteers from CVC In this extraordinary effort. By joining forces,
NYU, CVC, and the Faculty Resource network propose to change the lives
of at least 10,000 at-risk children in New York City, bringing teams
of youthful volunteers to particularly needy neighborhoods. These
committed participants will work in four targeted arcac--health care,
environmental Improvement, educational enrichment and public safety-with
a focus on at-risk children.
Funded by NEW York STATE Of Office of Alcoholism ANd SUBSTANCE Abuse SERVICES
718 774 9800
From : CROWN HEIGHTS SERVICE CENTER PHONE No. : 718 774 9800
Mar. 31 1993 6:23PM P03
I am convinced, given the record of commitment and success of
NYU and CVC in providing servi es to the community, that this partnership
will be most successful, and would urge you to offer your strong support
for 1t.
June
JEH/WCW
MICHAEL WIENER
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Grand Street
SETTLEMENT
March 19, 1993
TO: The Commission on National and Community Service
This is to confirm that Grand Street Settlement would be delighted
to host a group of 10 to 15 volunteers from New York University,
the NYU Faculty Resource Network and the City Volunteer Corps of
New York for an eight-week period beginning June 28, 1993, as part
of the "Summer of Service" Program. These student volunteers would
be used to assist in our summer tutoring program for at-risk
children and youth and will enable us to provide greatly needed
services that might not otherwise be possible.
We thank you for your consideration of Grand Street Settlement.
Sincerely,
Unto stenute
Vito Interrante
Assistant Director of Program
Grand Street Settlement
Founded in 1916
80 Pitt Street New York NY 10002 12121 67A
CELEBRATING OUR FIRST 100 YEARS 1893 1993
HENRY
STREET
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SETTLEMENT
the
HELEN HALL YOUTH CENTER
301 HENRY STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10002-4840
TEL 212/254-3100 FAX 212/777-1445
March 26, 1993
to: The Commission on National and Community Service
This is to confirm that Henry Street Settlement would be delighted to
host a group of 10 to 15 volunteers from New York University, the NYU
Faculty Resource Network and the City Volunteer Corps of New York for an
eight-week period beginning June 28, 1993, as part of the "Summer of
Service" Program. These student volunteers would be used to assist in our
summer tutoring program for at-risk children and youth and will enable us
to provide greatly needed services that might not otherwise be possible.
We thank you for your consideration of Henry Street Settlement.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Priess
Educational Advisor
Henry Street Settlement
A PLACE FOR KIDS
P.S. 126, 80 CATHERINE STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10038
(212) 608-4226
Ms. Irene Zabarkes
Office of the President
New York University
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South,
New York, NY 10012
It is our intent at A Place for Kids to involve ten to fifteen volunteers
from New York University, the NYU Faculty Resource Network and the City
Volunteers Corps of New York for an eight-week summer program
beginning June 28, 1993. The volunteers will work in three classrooms six
to seven hours a day under the supervision of a group teacher, with 20 to
25 children ranging from 2.9 to 12 years old. The children in our
community generally lack the opportunity to broaden their experiences
outside of their community. We want to develop the minds and bodies of
our children to instill a sense of pride in ones own roots and heritage
while learning and appreciating the cultures and languages of fellow
classmates.
Our theme for the summer will be Creation with Nature. The program is
design to encourage students to become more aware of their natural
enviroment. It will place emphasis on design, and how design applies to
science and art. Creating designs with plants and other natural materials
with a valuable sensory stimuli. Volunteers will encourage students to
select and arrange natural materials either on a flat or three dimensional
surface, their awarness of contrasts, shapes, textures, colors and
relationship between form is immediately enhanced.
Teachers will take their class to parks through out the city three days a
week, to explore, collect leaves, flowers, soils, twigs and branches.
Volunteers will use school camera to capture young children collecting
objects of nature and record their voices on tape. The photographs and
recording is not intended to be the end product, but to serve as the basis
for visual images that will be used back in the classroom. Volunteers will
escort children in small groups to a near by park to paint attractive
ecological land scapes and collages on illustration boards. The final
project will include the "Many Faces of Nature". Students will use leaf
prints techniques, rubbings or pressed leaves and flowers to create visual
patterns. The photographs, recording of children voices, paintings and
collages will be on display for the public.
Volunteers will have the last half hour of each day to evaluate and log
daily activities of the children. Group teachers and volunteers will meet
once a week with the director to plan weekly curriculum and share
experiences from field trips and classroom activities.
If you need more information please call me at the center.
Sincerely
Patiecia they Patricia Gray
212 864 0750
POSITIVE
212 864 0750
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PROJECT HARMONY, INC.
2310 8th Avenue A-37
NEW YORK, NY. 10027
(212) 662-2878
March 30, 1993
Dear Commission On National Community Service:
I am writing on behalf of the City Volunteer Corps.
Project Harmony, Inc. has worked with C.V.C for more than
6 years and that work has been most rewarding for us.
Project Harmony, Inc. is not a large organization and our
"budget" 18 almost non-existent, but with the teams of
young men and women provided by Michelle LeMay Santiago
our organization has been able to accomplish a great deal
in our community.
I truly beleive that if there were not organizations
like the City Volunteer Corps many people suchas myself
might have been discouraged from taking on the tasks
that wo have. With the City Volunteer Corps. assistance
Project Harmony, Inc. turned two vacant lots that had been
used. for years as dumping grounds into gardens. The C.V.C
teams have helped us with block clean-ups, special events
and construction, and come of the toam members have offered
their services during their free time. As far as I am
concerned, and as Co-Director of Project Harmony, Inc., the
contributions made by the C.VC. and Ms. Santiago are
priceless.
The organization which I represent is located in Central Harlem
and the need for structured systems and programs is critical
to the survival and progress of the youth in this specific
area. The focus of our work is community improvement and
we are concerned about public safety and the enviornment
and this year we intend to develope programs which will
serve children. I am sure that the partnership between
the City Volunteer Corps and New York University will
continue to enhance the valuble contributions already made
by both. I urge you to provide the necessary assistance for
the Summer Site Proposal.
Hillorey Sincerely,
Worle
"Determination; To revitalise a great community.'
Co-Director
EXECUTIVE BOARD:
Cynthia Nibbelink-Worley.
Jackie Roue Adams.
Howard Worley
UNIVERSITY
SET LEMENT
Stuart K. Pertz
Chairman
Harold Levy
President
March 26, 1993
Harvey L. Benenson
To: The Commission on National and Community Service,
Robert Berne
William F. Blitzer
This is to confirm that University Settlement
Ronald S. Fierman
would be delighted to host a group of 10 to 15
John C. Fisher
volunteers from New York University, the NYU Faculty
Meyer S. Frucher
Resource Network and the City Volunteer Corps of New
Patricia Glazer
York for an eight week period beginning June 28,
Nancy W. Greenblatt
1993, as part of the "Summer of Service" Program.
Robert B. Greenes
These student volunteers would be used to assist in
Jane E. Heffner
our summer tutorial program for at-risk children and
Belle Horwitz
youth and will enable us to provide greatly needed
Patricia C. Jones
services that might not otherwise be possible.
David Klasfeld
Janice M. Lee
We thank you for your consideration of
Richard W. Lehmann
University Settlement.
Julius Levy
David J. Mandelbaum
David Ourlicht
Sincerely,
Lissa Perlman
Peter Riegert
Thomas E. Riley
Alan G. Rudolph
Pul Gerard Duphiney
Ellen Schall
Michael W. Schwartz
Youth Services Director
Anthony E. Shorris
Jeffrey Silver
Stephen Steinbrecher
David Tobis
Migdalia DeJesus-Torres
Stephen H. Wolf
Michael H. Zisser, Ph.D.
Executive Director
University Settlement Society of New York
America's First Social Settlement
Founded 1886
184 Eldridge Street, New York, New York 10002
(212) 674-9120
Fax 475-3278
WATCH
NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY
TEAM
March 30, 1993
Commission on National and Community Service
529 14th Street, NW
Suite 452
Washington, D.C. 20045
To Members of the Commission:
It is with great pleasure that I write to express the
interest of the New York University/New York City Police
Department Watch Team in participating in the 1993 Summer of
Service proposal submitted by New York University, its
Faculty Resource Network and the City Volunteer Corps of New
York.
Under the direction of Captain Stephen Kennedy and Lt.
Robert McKenna of the New York City Police Department and
myself as Vice President for University Relations at New York
Uinversity, the NYU/NYPD Watch Team has for the past two
years been conducting a program of criminal justice education
and community patrols throughout New York City's Greenwich
Village community. Nearly one hundred individuals, ranging
in age from 18 to 65 have participated in the program and
have completed a one semester course in police procedures,
drug abuse prevention, personal safety and criminal justice.
Volunteer community patrols conducted on a weekly basis by
Watch Team members have reduced crime in the Greenwich
Village area and function as an active deterrent to illegal
behavior and as escorts to neighborhood residents and
visitors.
The Watch Team has received much attention in the media and
attached are news clippings which provide greater detail on
the program.
The NYU/NYPD Watch Team can provide an in-place, experienced
component to the 1993 Summer of Service in the important area
of public safety. We look forward to contributing to the
1993 Summer of Service Program.
With best regards.
Sincerely,
John J. O'Connor
YWCA
of Brooklyn
30 third Avenue
Brooklyn. NY 11217
718/875-1190
Fax:7 18/858 5731
March 31, 1993
Patricia ^ W.Ier
Dear Commission on National and Community Service:
President
Donna Ceravoic
I am writing on behalf of the YWCA of Brooklyn to offer my Executive Director
support as a project site sponsor for the "Summer of Service"
Proposal offered by New York University and the City Volunteer
Corps of New York. The NYU/CVC is uniquely qualified to answer
President Clinton's call to service to young Americans. This
cutting edge proposal will demonstrate the many contributions of
a full-scale national service plan. It will tap the energy and
skills of 300 young people to make a fundamental difference in
three targeted neighborhoods of New York City, as well as other
neighborhoods where service is vitally needed. Based on economic
indicators, these neighborhoods are among the most needy in the
United States.
As one of the proposed project sites for the Summer of Service,
the YWCA offers its full support of the NYU/CVC proposal. CVC has
an impressive track record with the YWCA of Brooklyn. We will
continue to depend heavily on their support of our Summer Day
Camp which serves an ethnically and economically diverse
population. The CVC's will have a great responsibility when they
assist our counselors in providing a safe, stimulating
environment for the youngsters. Their assistance this summer
working with the YWCA will make a very important difference in
the lives of the children we serve, and enable us to greatly
enhance our services.
By joining forces, NYU, CVC, and the Faculty Resource Network
propose to change the lives of at least 10,000 at-risk children
in New York City, bringing teams of youthful volunteers to
particularly needy neighborhoods. These committed participants
will work in four targeted areas--health care, environmental
improvement, educational enrichment, and public safety--within a
focus on at-risk children.
I am convinced, given the record of committment of NYU and CVC in
providing services to the community, that this partnership will
be most successful, and I urge you to offer your support for it.
Wendy Weller-Jones
Associate Executive Director Dres
sincerely,
Serving Brooklyn Since 188