City Year's mission is to build democracy through citizen service, civic leadership and social entrepreneurship. It is through service that we can demonstrate the power and idealism of young people, engage citizens to benefit the common good, and develop young leaders of the next generation.

City Year is wholly focused on fighting the national dropout crisis. We have committed to leverage the talent, energy and idealism of corps members to serve as tutors, mentors and role models in schools to help students stay on track -- and get back on track -- to graduate.

Our corps members do this by focusing on three early warning indicators that have been defined through research: attendance, behavior and course performance in math and English.

City Year's In School & On Track initiative is designed to bring City Year corps members to 50% of all of the students falling off track in City Year's 24 U.S. locations, which will require expanding the number of corps members to 6,000 and engaging school districts, the private sector and the federal government through AmeriCorps as partners.

In Boston, our 265 corps members serve in 21 of Boston's public schools, including all of the state-designated Turnaround Schools, and reach nearly 11,000 students.

City Year relies on donations of time, talent, and funding from individuals, groups, and philanthropic organizations. Your support of City Year Boston is far more than checkbook philanthropy.