February 2009-Birth of the VBCC Youth Leadership Ambassador Program
Fr. Dwayne Davis Became the founding Project Director
Marilyn Jones-Co-Founder and Coordinator
June 2009- First interviews
September 26, 2009 First Ambassador Orientation- St. Gregory the Great, Brooklyn
October 17, 2009-First Ambassador Praise Brunch Fundraiser
January 9, 2010- Start “Youth and Young Adult Leadership Day Conference”
February 27, 2010- First Ambassador Gala
September 2010- Creation of the Queens site for the Ambassador Program at St. Joseph on Sutphin Blvd
March 19, 2011-First March Madness Event- St. Clare’s Queens
2011-Community Service Projects began
February 2012- First Youth Lock-in
March 2012- College Tours began
December 26, 2012-Annual Christmas outing
March 2013-Ambassador Enrichment – Culinary Arts /Build a Business (Battle of the Chefs)
June 29, 2013-Ordination of Fr. Dwayne
April 2014- JFK 5K Runway Run
April 6-8, 2015- Mission trip to New Orleans (College Tour & Community Service)
September 2015-New Ambassador Brooklyn Site-St. Thomas Aquinas
July 2016-Mission Trip to Jamaica
July 6-9 2017-National Black Catholic Congress-Orlando Florida Trip
September 2017-Ms. Maniese Mendonca-Ambassador Coordinator
October 14, 2017- Lupus walk-Ambassadors for Marilyn
November 4, 2017- Black Catholic Symposium-Ambassador Enrichment Day
April 14, 2018-Marilyn Jones Perseverance award started
April 28, 2018-Mrs. Marilyn Jones went Home to Heaven
June 29-July 12 2018- Mission Trip to Africa- Uganda, Rwanda & South Africa
November 3, 2018-Ambassador Praise Concert
April 27, 2019-Happy 10th Anniversary
July 1-7, 2019-Mission trip to Puerto Rico