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90 youth graduate from AYW and earn $230,000 in scholarships
2011 Graduate We would like to congratulate our 90 young people who graduated from American YouthWorks’ (AYW) Charter High School on July 2. Not only did they earn their high school diploma or GED...
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AYW Students Advise President Obama?
This spring, American YouthWorks’ (AYW) students were one of 100 groups of young people across the country who formed a Roundtable of Young Americans as part of a White House Initiative to encourage...
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E-Corps Member Spotlight
E-Corps Member Sara Pikora Sara Pikora, a graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in Sociology, moved from Michigan this year to work with E-Corps. Here in Austin, Sara is a member of the...
View ArticleRevitalization in the Montopolis neighborhood
On Tuesday, August 16, 50 American YouthWorks (AYW) students will gather at the historic, Burdett Prairie Cemetery in the Montopolis neighborhood for landscape rescue and litter pick up. The AYW...
View ArticleWhen youth don’t graduate
Dropping out of high school does not just affect the individual, but also bears a cost to a young person’s family and their community. According to a report from the Washington Office of the...
View ArticleAmerican Institute of Architects designs new Casa Verde Builders houses
Last Saturday American YouthWorks’ (AYW) students and Design Voice, a committee of the Austin chapter of the American Institute of Architects, formed a design charrette to generate new, innovative and...
View ArticleBastrop Volunteer Reception Center to aid in wildfire recovery efforts
Bastrop Volunteer Reception Center to Aid Volunteers, Organizations, and Homeowners in Wildfire Relief For immediate release American YouthWorks sends AmeriCorps members to Bastrop County to Aid in...
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Art Corps volunteers with local sculptor
This Friday, Art Corps will volunteer to help with a larger than life, reclaimed materials sculpture that is part of a community wide volunteer effort. The vision for this piece came from George...
View ArticleAmerican YouthWorks provides relief in Bastrop
A severe drought and high winds on Labor Day weekend set the conditions for, what many are calling, the worst wildfires in Central Texas history. According to the Texas Forest Service the Bastrop fire...
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Youth Power at American YouthWorks
On November 2, Margarine G. Beaman, Board President of American YouthWorks, kicked off the Youth Power series. Youth Power, which was started by Margarine, is a program designed to help young women...
View ArticleWhere are AYW alumni?
I’d like to tell you a story of hope. Aimee, a graduate of the 2009 class at American YouthWorks (AYW), had been a transfer student to a school outside of her district since Kindergarten. During her...
View Article$100,000 granted to American YouthWorks to rebuild Bastrop State Park
On December 16, 2011, The Austin Community Foundation (ACF) announced it will grant $100,574 from the Central Texas Wildfire Fund (CTWF) to American YouthWorks (AYW) to aid in debris clean-up and...
View ArticleAmerican YouthWorks honored by Missouri Legislature for disaster recovery...
On January 31, the Missouri House of Representatives recognized the service of AmeriCorps programs including American YouthWorks’ (AYW) Environmental Corps (E-Corps) for serving an indispensable role...
View ArticleAmerican YouthWorks hosts Kazakhstani delegates from the Open World Program
Kazakhstanis will visit Zilker Nature Preserve to learn about American YouthWorks’ conservation efforts Austin, TX – On March 6th, American YouthWorks (AYW) will host a Kazakhstani delegation that is...
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Enter to WIN a chicken coop!
Considering backyard chickens? Let a raffle decide your fate. You could win a chicken coop, built by our students out of 90% reclaimed materials! $5 per ticket or 5 for $20. This portable coop houses...
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A call for volunteers in Bastrop!
There’s lots of great news for the rebuilding efforts in Bastrop County following the devastating Central Texas wildfires of last September. These wildfires are considered by many to be the worst in...
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A new home for Central Texas chickens!
Congratulations to Wendy, the winner of a brand new chicken coop built by young people at AYW! Excited students in AYW’s green building program called Wendy one morning to inform her that she was the...
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Graduation Day approaches!
On June 30th, 40 AYW students will walk across the stage at the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium! These students have come from all walks of life. Some simply didn’t fit in at their former high school...
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Hard working Hardin Construction employees volunteer
A big THANK YOU to Hardin Construction for volunteering with our young people.
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Internship creates jobs and transforms lives
American YouthWorks and the City of Austin (COA) have worked together for twenty five years on issues affecting Austinites. In May, thanks to this partnership, four graduates of AYW started paid...
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