Name: Jake Drollinger
Hometown: Sheboygan Falls, WI
Education: Sheboygan Falls High School
What do you do on the Start-Up Team? I serve as the Recruitment Coordinator here at City Year Milwaukee. I support the outreach and admissions process through presentations, roundtables, customer service, and interviews. I also serve as Alumni Engagement and Social Media Manager.
Why did you join City Year and why do you serve? I joined City Year to further my experience and find a stronger focus in my life, while at the same time, creating a positive change in the world! I serve to inspire others to serve and give back to their communities.
What are you most excited about this year? I’m so thrilled to be apart of the start-up team in Milwaukee and see the very first City Year Corps in a city that will benefit so much from such a proven and positive organization!
What are you most nervous about this year? I’m nervous about gun violence affecting our teams and schools. Guns kill more than people; they kill school climate and feelings of security.
What do you do in your “free time” during City Year? I’m looking for a cheap surfboard and a very thick wetsuit, so I can take to some freshwater waves in Lake Michigan! They call our area the Malibu of the Midwest…









City Year’s signature program, the City Year youth service corps, unites 1,500 young people age 17-24 for a year of full-time community service, leadership development, and civic engagement. These young leaders come from diverse backgrounds and put their idealism to work by tutoring and mentoring school children, reclaiming public spaces, and organizing after-school programs, school vacation camps, and the Starfish Corps, Young Heroes, and City Heroes programs.