Yale alumni clubs and associations across America and in Hong Kong are sponsoring 32 Yale students this summer for community service work. Providing the students with summer stipends frees them from having to work at regular jobs, letting them volunteer for good causes instead.
The Association of Yale Alumni AYA Community Service Summer Fellowship program supports students of Yale College, graduate, and professional schools for eight weeks as volunteers with community-based organizations. Fellows are paid stipends to equal what they need to earn to meet their financial aid obligations to the University, plus a small expense allowance.
The program began in 1990 with 13 students sponsored by nine alumni clubs. Its aim is to enrich the educational experience of students who wish to volunteer for community service as well as encourage Yale Clubs and Alumni Associations to seek out community needs and match them with the services Yale students can provide.
Alumni clubs provide the funds for each Fellow’s stipend, arrange housing since students are rarely placed in their own hometown , and serve as local contacts during the summer. Each student is given an on-site supervisor who provides the alumni club with details of the project to be completed by the Fellow in advance, and supervises the Fellow during his or her stay. The following are this summer’s AYA Fellows, projects, and sponsors.
YALE CLUB OF BOSTON
Dalia Hochman Class of 2000 of Boston, to work for City Year
Anne Langford 1999 of Ohio, to work for Rosie’s Place
Justin Milner 1999 of Colorado, to work for The Horizons Initiative
Andrea Wong 1998, M.Div. of Michigan, to work for Arts in Progress
YALE CLUB OF CHICAGO
Kyrle Turton 2000 of Chicago, to work for Cathedral Shelter
Julianna Schantz-Dunn 2000 of Hudson Valley, New York, to work for Hephzibah Children’s Association
YALE CLUB OF CLEVELAND
Marc Sharifi 1999, M.Arch. of Kentucky, to work for Ohio New West Development Corp.
COLORADO YALE ASSOCIATION
Jill Kelly 1999 of Indiana, to work for Women’s Bean Project in Denver
YALE CLUB OF DALLAS
Reena Barnett 1998 of Metropolitan New York, to work for Equest
YALE CLUB OF GEORGIA
Edward Williams 1998 of Delaware, to work for FCS Urban Ministries—Atlanta Youth Project
YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH
Nora Flynn 1999 of Chicago, to work for Arredondo Foundation
YALE CLUB OF HAWAII
Bobby Windisch 1999 of Kansas City, to work for the Waikiki Health Center
YALE CLUB OF HONG KONG
Yee-Bun Benjamin Lui 1999, EPH of Boston, to work for St. Barnabas Society and Home
YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF MONTCLAIR NJ
Zaneta Chung 1998 of New Haven, to work for West Essex Community Health Service
YALE CLUB OF NEW CANAAN-WILTON CT
Neeta Bhavalkar 1998 of Orange County CA , to work for Horizons Student Enrichment Program
YALE CLUB OF NEW HAVEN
Trisha Anderson 1998 of Ohio, to work for the Anti-Defamation League
YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK
Katherine Spector 1999 of Cleveland, to work for the Maurer Foundation of Cold Spring Harbor New York
YALE CLUB OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK IS SPONSORING
Jeremy Marwell 1999 of Westchester New York to work for Albany Service Corps
YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTHWEST IS SPONSORING
Erika Fricke 1998 of Nevada, to work for Centro Legal in St. Paul, MN
Nadine Block 1998, M.FES. of Westchester NY , to work for Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy in St. Paul, MN
YALE CLUB OF OMAHA
Robert Luckett 1999 of Mississippi, to work for Camp Kitaki in Lincoln, Nebraska
YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
Alison Hardy 1999, M.Div. of Connecticut, to work for Bell Family Shelter in York, Pennsylvania
Ryan Giblin 1999, M. Arch. of Michigan, to work for Design Corps of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
YALE CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA
Lori Kochanski 1999, M.Div. of Pennsylvania, to work for the Salvation Army Red Shield Family Residence
YALE CLUB OF PITTSBURGH
Yun Kim 1999 of Chicago, to work for Legal Aid for Children
YALE CLUB OF SAN DIEGO
Robert Hoo 1998 of Connecticut, to work for ACCION San Diego
YALE CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
Susanna Tenny 1998 of Metropolitan New York, to work for Heads Up Summer Enrichment Program at the Head Royce School
YALE CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Shelley Clifford 1999 of Metropolitan New York, to work for Las Familias del Pueblo in Los Angeles
YALE CLUB OF TAMPA BAY
Tanya Loh 2000 of Santa Barbara, California, to work for the Salvation Army’s Sallie House in St. Petersburg, Florida
YALE CLUB OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
Blake Thorkelson 1999 of Sacramento, California, to work for Emmaus Services for the Aging
Shannon Scott 1999 of South Carolina, to work for Community Family Life Services
Erica Krablin 1998 of Philadelphia, to work for Northwest Settlement House
