Founded in 1983 at a community service conference in New York, Youth Service Opportunities Project (YSOP) is a Quaker nonprofit inspired by the international workcamp movement that began in the 1920s. YSOP programs are nonsectarian, emphasize service learning, and have focused on various issues over the years, including refugee aid work as well as housing and food insecurity.
The YSOP Connex program brings students and seniors together in small groups to connect, converse, and learn through virtual conversations and in-person service projects as well.
In May and June, Connex hosted a three-session in-person program for women, girls, and female-identifying individuals with Mary McDowell Friends School in Brooklyn, N.Y. The students made no-sew blankets and homemade cards for youth at the Boys and Girls Club in New Rochelle, N.Y. This program with Mary McDowell Friends School will run again in the fall.
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