CO- AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

CYA organizes a number of co- and extra-curricular activities for students, including:

• debates, evening presentations, or lectures on a variety of academic subjects and/or current affairs
• Greek dance and cooking lessons
• walking, hiking, and climbing trips
• a talent show
• athletic activities such as:
  • basketball and volleyball - horseback riding
  • sailing
  • scuba diving
  • fencing lessons
  • joining a local gym
  • weekend skiing on Mt. Parnassos (spring semester)
  • running the Marathon (fall semester)

(Please be aware that most of these activities require supplemental fees.)

The CYA staff encourages students to strike out on their own to explore and find outlets for their individual interests. Athens is a rich cultural environment with a wealth of things to do, from attending concerts in the Megaron Mousikis (Concert Hall) of Athens, to joining the Athens Singers or painting in an Athenian artist's studio, to volunteering at a local soup kitchen. Wondering how to keep up your flamenco lessons while you're here, looking for art supplies, or wondering where to go to hear jazz? Check in with the Student Affairs Office.

VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Although volunteering and community service projects are not as established or as widespread in Greece as they are in the U.S., the Student Affairs office makes every effort to locate opportunities for interested students. In the past, CYA student volunteers have found openings at the following organizations:

• The Blegen Library at the American School of Classical Studies
• Caritas Hellas (teaching English to immigrants and refugees)
• Doctors of the World and Doctors Without Frontiers (students work with refugees, in hospitals, and in soup kitchens)
• Missionaries of Charity (soup kitchens)
• World Wildlife Fund (environment and animal-related projects)
• Friends of the Cat Association
• Amnesty International
• The Medasset Organization (Help Save the Mediterranean Turtles)
• Greenpeace
• The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy