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Coverage of YouthServeCLE's work connecting Cleveland-area students with local nonprofits, from school publications, local media, and partner organizations.

Coverage

Featured Stories

What local media, partner schools, and nonprofits have written about our students.

  • Cleveland Jewish News

    Local MediaMay 22, 2025

    University School Students Help Launch YouthServe

    The Cleveland Jewish News featured YouthServeCLE, then known as YouthServeCCIS, and co-founders Jack Nelson, Charlie Martin, and Valentina DiCenso's mission to connect Cleveland-area high schoolers with local nonprofits through monthly service themes. It spotlighted the R.A.K.E. event where 50+ students packed 200+ lunches for those in need.

  • University School

    School Feature2024-2025

    YouthServeCLE Wins Pitch Prize

    University School celebrated co-founders Jack Nelson and Charlie Martin after YouthServeCLE won a competitive pitch competition. The feature traced how a classroom idea grew into a city-wide, student-led movement reaching 8 schools and 50+ nonprofit partners in under a year.

  • Open Doors Academy

    Nonprofit PartnerMarch 6, 2025

    Uniting Through Literacy: ODA Partners with University School and YouthServeCLE

    Open Doors Academy highlighted its literacy partnership with University School and YouthServeCLE. As part of YouthServeCLE's January Youth Education theme, student volunteers helped put hundreds of books into the hands of Greater Cleveland children in underserved communities.

  • Cleveland.com

    Local MediaMay 2025

    YouthServeCLE Spotlighted at Maltz Museum Community Event

    Cleveland.com covered a Maltz Museum community press event where YouthServeCLE student volunteers took part in hands-on educational programming on remembrance, community, and civic responsibility.

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