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Hour of Code 2015

For a week in December 2015, the Digital Service Fellows, participated in the international Hour of Code. We traveled to a handful of schools where were guided children in code.org activities.

Blaine helping the little ones sign on to code.org

Blaine doing some hands on teaching with students at Tilden Middle school

AmeriCorps Launch 2015

Here are some images from the 2015 AmeriCorps Launch. We had such a blast swearing in and serving our community.

Marie, Sean, Eric, and Dan pose for photo between fun at the 2015 AmeriCorps Launch

Some of the crew cleaning up the Germantown Ave Corridor

Selfies on fleek at the AmeriCorps Launch

Digital Service fellows represented at the High School Fair

Our DSF member Mike D shows off some ill dance moves at the AmeriCorps Launch

DSFs are proud to take the AmeriCorps pledge.

MLK Day of Service 2015

The Digital Service Fellows spent the 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service hosting The S.T.E.M. Family Fair at the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s Norman Blumberg Apartments. The DSFs set up and ran a variety of fun and educational activities that received great feedback from the residents and community members. The CEO of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, Kelvin Jeremiah, was in attendance and thanked the Digital Service Fellows for their commitment to community building. Also in attendance, Patricia Schwartz, Executive Director of PennServe, came to participate in the activities and thanked the DSFs for continuing Dr. King’s legacy of national service. The S.T.E.M. activities included exploration with Augmented Reality, the Hour of Code activities, Garage Band, the Anatomy of a Laptop, and a fun Photobooth!

Please check out some pictures of the days activities!

CEO Kelvin Jeremih with the entire DSF group at the Blumberg Apartments

Erica, a Digital Service Fellow, showing participants Augmented Reality

Residents and DSFs making musical tracks on Garage Band

Emma, a Digital Service Fellow, showing children how to open and fix a laptop

Kelvin Jeremiah with residents and Blumberg Resident Council President Pharrah Regusters

MLK Day of Service 2014

Digital Service Fellows troubleshooting at the John Street Community Center

Derek helping set up Girard College computer lab

Students taking home refurbished computers from NTR

Mayor Nutter addressing the volunteers at Girard College: MLK Day 2014

MLK day 2012

The Digital Service Fellows provided a photo booth with several Martin Luther King Jr. backgrounds for MLK Day participants at Girard College in Philadelphia.

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AmeriCorps Launch 2012

Fairhill Cemetary and Farm

Digital Service Fellows don’t just serve in the Philadelphia Chester school districts providing tech support, we are out in the community planting gardens too.