On Saturday, April 16, 2011, a group of YPG Cares volunteers braved the unseasonably cold weather to support New York Cares for a second time as participants in Hands On New York Day.
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Community Service
The YPG’s community service initiative, YPG Cares, was formed to promote our mission to give junior employees a chance to build a network outside of their own publishing houses and to support literacy-related intiatives in New York City’s volunteer community.
YPG Cares Gets Its “Hands On New York”
YPG Cares Supports Project Cicero
On Saturday, March 12, 2011, a group of YPG members from several AAP member publishing houses volunteered to help with Project Cicero, an annual nonprofit book drive established in 2001 whose mission is to provide books to underfunded New York City public schools.
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YPG Cares Supports Read Across America Day
On Thursday, Feb 24th, 2011, several members of YPG Cares from various AAP member publishing houses showed their support for the NEA's Read Across America Day by attending the unveiling of a 26-foot-tall “READ” installation on the steps of the New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.
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YPG Cares Shows “Story Love”
On Wednesday, February 16 at 7:00 pm, 28 members of YPG Cares from over 13 AAP member publishing houses met in midtown Manhattan’s Drama Book Shop to volunteer with the Story Pirates on their Story Love project.
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YPG Cares Volunteers Assist Center for Fiction
On Saturday, January 22nd, over 20 YPG members from a vast array of AAP member houses gathered at The Center for Fiction to assist with their Books for NYC Schools program.
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YPG Kicks Off Community Service Initiative with New York Cares Day
On October 24, 2010, 36 YPG members participated in the inaugural activity of our new Community Service Initiative, YPG Cares, painting a school library in Astoria, Queens. It was a huge success and we ended the day covered in paint, full of pizza, and excited to make the Albert Shanker School a brighter place!
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