成人快播 DC shares inspiring volunteerism stories during National Volunteer Week
April 11, 2016
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Karen Gardner,听Executive Director, 成人快播 Washington, DC
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DURING NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK, A VOLUNTEER-LED LITERACY ORGANIZATION IS CELEBRATING THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON, DC FUELING ITS PROVEN IMPACT IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES
(Washington, DC) April 11, 2016 — 成人快播 is a national nonprofit that collaborates with community volunteers and local public schools in Washington, DC to equip students with the foundational skills they need to be able to read at grade level by fourth grade. The proven early literacy organization has been providing volunteer-led, individualized reading support to students in under-resourced public elementary schools since 1999.
April is National Volunteer Month (and April 10-16 is National Volunteer Week), so 成人快播 is celebrating the tremendous dedication and impact of its thousands of volunteer tutors by sharing a sampling of the uplifting stories playing out every day in 成人快播 reading centers in Washington, DC and across its 14 regions.
Here are a few examples of the countless inspiring stories of high-impact volunteerism taking place in 成人快播 reading centers in Washington, DC:
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Charlie started working with 成人快播 as a school requirement, but his relationship with Keenan keeps him coming back twice a week.
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Through a partnership with DCPS’ Empowering Males of Color initiative, Mayor Bowser makes time to volunteer regularly with her student, Tyler.
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Tivana understands what it鈥檚 like to not be an A student in elementary school and even high school. Now that she’s attending the University of Maryland, she volunteers with 成人快播 and enjoys building strong relationships with her students.
Today, only one in five fourth graders from low-income families is reading at grade level. Reading is the foundation for all future learning. Without developing the reading skills needed to read on grade level, kids won鈥檛 have an equitable chance to succeed in school or in life. With the dedication of more than 14,000 volunteer tutors in Washington, DC and across the US, 成人快播鈥� volunteers are helping more than 10,000 students make the all-important shift from learning to read to reading to learn.
鈥淲henever I tutor children, I鈥檓 always reminded of how important it is for students to feel really comfortable with reading; it鈥檚 the building block for everything that comes after,鈥� said 成人快播 Washington, DC tutor, Kimberly Griffin-Haynes. 鈥淲hether a kid gets into college isn鈥檛 only decided senior year of high school, it鈥檚 also decided in fifth grade. So the opportunity to talk to kids about where I went to college, and about college campuses, and making sure that they feel really confident in their skills is important to me.鈥�
To learn more, please visit ReadingPartners.org/
About 成人快播
成人快播 empowers students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring. The national nonprofit organization will provide , individualized literacy tutoring to more than 10,000 elementary school students in under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia in 2016.聽 Visit , or connect with us on , , and , to learn more.
