[From Philanthropy News Digest] The Walmart Foundation in Bentonville, Arkansas, has announced a $3.2 million grant to Boston-based City Year to provide training to young volunteers working with students in high-poverty schools across the nation.
The grant, which renews Walmart's corporate partnership with City Year, will fund training for more than four thousand City Year AmeriCorps members between the ages of 17 and 24 and their supervisors. The training is part of City Year's Whole School, Whole Child service model, which incorporates online learning options, school-based observation, and tutoring in math and literacy. In addition, the foundation announced grants totaling $505,000 to support City Year efforts in seven locations: San Jose, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Miami, Detroit, Columbia (South Carolina), and New York City.
“Walmart Foundation Makes $3.2 Million Grant to City Year.” PR Newswire 7/14/11.
A nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, the RCWE’s mission is to connect people with jobs through collaborative workforce development efforts and strong partnerships with economic development, business, education, and government sectors in the Northwest Pennsylvania region.
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