Tasks include creating and championing hands-on programs that will travel around the city to different outreach events and neighborhoods These teens work to share the stories of Lowell, past and present, with visitors and community members. The Community Action Team works closely with kids, adults, and families. Tasks include clearing invasive plants, removing litter, painting fences, and making public parks and spaces more welcoming. Spindle City Corp Maintenance Team members work to beautify the city by helping clean and maintain public parks and spaces within Lowell. Working in partnership with Community Teamwork, Inc., Lowell National Historical Park offers opportunities for local high school youth to participate in the Trades Skills, Ranger Interns, Summer Maintenance and Community Action Team programs. It is an opportunity to make a difference in the world, to meet new friends and think critically about the future. They participate in team building exercises that help build trust and understanding and they develop leadership skills to build confidence in themselves. Other projects such as painting, building playgrounds, and beautifying open spaces around the City are more physically demanding.Ĭorps members learn to work together and to understand the impact they have on their communities. Projects vary in size and scope from working with the elderly in nursing homes, preparing lunches for the Healthy Summer Program, or offering companionship and playtime to low-income children. By dividing this diverse group into teams that work together throughout the summer, the Corps promotes an understanding among the membership that cannot be achieved in most other environments. This makeup reflects the ethnic diversity in the city of Lowell. The Corps membership is racially, culturally and economically diverse by design. Modeled after City Year in Boston, the Spindle City Corps unites young people between 16 and 21 years of age for a demanding schedule of community service and leadership development. Spindle City Corps, also known as Lowell’s Urban Peace Corps, is a partnership with the National Park Service in Lowell and was established in 1995 to provide the city’s youth with an opportunity to give back to their community.

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