March 1998

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Jones Honored for Contributions to City Year

In December, Hubie Jones, special assistant to the chancellor for urban affairs, stepped down from his post as a member of City Year's National Board of Trustees, and was hailed as a "national treasure" by the organization's co-founders, Michael Brown and Alan Khazei.

Jones was cited as the very first civic leader to support City Year in Boston, as critical to every aspect of City Year's growth and development, and with giving City Year the strategic vision to go from a local community service initiative to a national community service organization.

Jones steps down at a time when City Year has grown from a local program with 50 volunteers in 1988 to a national program with 700 volunteers in nine cities today. Members spend a year serving as teachers' aides, renovating housing for the homeless, operating recreational and afterschoool programs, and turning vacant lots into community gardens. City Year is a public/private partnership, supported by Americorps National Service Network and a variety of corporations, foundations, localities and individuals.