Our good friends at City Year just kicked off their year of service around the country. ABC in Philadelphia has the story:

[Paige] joined the volunteer corp of City Year, renovating a school and teaching in a poor Philadelphia neighborhood.
At first, her parents were not happy with her plan.
‘They looked at me with blank faces and they said, ‘are you crazy?’” Paige said.

Paige is spending a second year at City Year as a team leader. St. Joseph’s University, where she’ll start next fall, gave her their blessing and something more.

More links on Opening Day in the City Year New York blog!