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One day after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg led more than 350 New Yorkers in school beautification and literacy projects to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on the MLK National Day of Service, Mayor Bloomberg announced that Target will become the title education sponsor of the NYC Civic Corps, focusing its support on education-focused Civic Corps host sites. The NYC Civic Corps, a specially trained group of AmeriCorps members, work at nonprofit organizations and City agencies to increase their volunteer capacity and serve a greater number of New Yorkers in need. The third class of NYC Civic Corps members is currently halfway through their ten-month term of service. They serve in teams at 30 nonprofits and City agencies throughout New York City, and have helped recruit more than 50,000 volunteers so far this year. At the MLK Day of Service, the Mayor was joined by Laysha Ward, President of Community Relations for Target, First Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, Chief Service Officer Diahann Billings-Burford, actress Angela Basset and volunteers at the Mirabal Sisters Campus in Washington Heights to paint classrooms and murals, complete an outdoor mulching project, and participate in literacy projects with 100 New York City school students.

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