ASCE Metropolitan Section

Younger Member Forum News

Younger Members Help to Revitalize Jamaica's PS 48Q

On Saturday, October 15th, 2011, younger members from New York City and Long Island, as well as student members from Hofstra University, converged in Jamaica, Queens, to help revitalize PS 48Q, the William Wordsworth School. The volunteers had a fun, fulfilling and successful day planting bulbs, organizing books and painting a mural, all in an effort to enrich the learning environment for the students of PS 48Q.

On Sunday, July 10, 2011, the Met Section Younger Member Forum took part in the fun and successful Emergency "Black-out Box" project organized and sponsored by God's Love We Deliver (GLWD). GLWD is an organization that provides nutritious meals for individuals that are suffering from AIDS/HIV, cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses.
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Younger Members Kick Off Summer with Rooftop BBQ

On Saturday, June 25th, the Younger Member Forum kicked off the start of the summer with a rooftop BBQ in East Village. Attendees enjoyed the sunny weather, food from the grill and conversation with friends and fellow civil engineers, all while enjoying the view of the Manhattan skyline.

YMF Helps Revitalize Community Garden in East New York

On a cold and windy Saturday morning in April, ten dedicated and motivated members of the ASCE Met Section Younger Member Forum helped revitalize a Community Garden in the East New York section of Brooklyn. This effort came together through the annual Hands on New York Day that is organized by New York Cares, a non-profit organization, to help revitalize New York City's public spaces.
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YMF Participates in Race to Deliver in Central Park

On November 21, 2010 the ASCE Met Section Younger Member Forum participated in the Race to Deliver. Eight individuals braved the cold weather to run four miles in Central Park to help raise money for the God's Love We Deliver charity which is the tri-state area's leading provider of nutritious, individually-tailored meals to people who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves. This is a yearly event that the Younger Members have been participating in every year, so feel free to join us next year.

Younger Members Tour Second Avenue Subway Construction

The Second Avenue Subway has been nicknamed the "The Line That Time Forgot" because it is one of New York City's greatest projects never to be built—although this will soon change. On November 19, 2010, a group of civil engineers from the Younger Member Forum got a unique glimpse at construction of Phase I of the underground subway line with a tour of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Launch Box site.