Top 5 Reasons 成人快播 Volunteers Make Denver a Better Place
April 16, 2018
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Margie Thirlby
Senior Executive Director, 成人快播 Colorado
206.992.5512 聽|聽margie.thirlby@
READING PARTNERS VOLUNTEERS STRENGTHEN DENVER IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS 鈥� HERE ARE THE TOP 5
Deputy Superintendent Susana Cordova to deliver keynote address at 成人快播 Colorado鈥檚 third annual Read to Succeed breakfast on聽April 18
Denver, CO 鈥斅�April 16, 2018
成人快播 is a national nonprofit that collaborates with community volunteers and local public schools in Colorado and in 13 other regions across the country to equip students with the foundational skills they need to be able to read at grade level by fourth grade. In an effort to strengthen the literacy skills of as many students as possible, 成人快播 Colorado recruits local volunteers to commit just an hour a week to work individually with young students who struggle with reading.
For over four decades, National Volunteer Week has given nonprofits an opportunity to recognize the invaluable support of volunteers that help fuel their work. In celebration of National Volunteer Week in 2018 (April 15-21), 成人快播 Colorado created a list highlighting the top five ways its volunteers make the community stronger and better.
Top 5 Reasons 成人快播 Volunteers Make Denver a Better Place
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Volunteers drive student impact –聽Volunteers are working one-on-one with 580 students this year in Denver Public Schools to help deliver meaningful results for kids (last year, 90% of 成人快播 Colorado鈥檚 Kindergarten through second-grade students mastered key foundational reading skills needed to read at grade level).
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By promoting educational equity, volunteers strengthen the broader community聽– Everyone benefits in the long run when student literacy achievement is bolstered. Students who don鈥檛 read proficiently by fourth grade are four times more likely to drop out of school. It鈥檚 estimated that every student who walks out of the classroom without a diploma costs our society $260,000 in lost earnings, taxes, and productivity.
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Volunteers serve as a resource multiplier –聽Because 成人快播 engages so many community volunteers in their work, the program is more affordable for schools to implement than other literacy interventions. For every dollar invested in reading partners, the program delivers more than $2 in resources to students.
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Volunteers support strong public schools –聽Thanks to the involvement of over 800 community tutors in Denver, 99% of teachers report 成人快播 is valuable to their school and 100% of principals report improved school-wide reading progress.
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Volunteers help bring joy to learning –聽Students feed off of the energy and excitement of 成人快播鈥� volunteer tutors. In the Colorado region, 95% of volunteers are satisfied with their tutoring experience and that enthusiasm helps students develop a lifelong love of reading that is key to success in school and beyond.
Read to Succeed Breakfast on聽Wednesday, April 18
翱苍听April 18, around 250 成人快播 volunteer tutors and supporters will gather to celebrate the聽聽at the Westin Downtown Denver at聽7:30 am.Attendees will hear from keynote speaker, DPS Deputy Superintendent Susana Cordova as well as emcee Tom Mustin, and Dora Moore ECE-8 School Principal, Karen Barker. The program also includes three DPS students enrolled at 成人快播, a fourth-year 成人快播 tutor, and the presentation of 成人快播 Colorado鈥檚 first-ever Teacher of the Year award.
To learn more about the Read to Succeed Breakfast, visit our聽聽or reach out to聽amber.meade@readingpartners.
成人快播 volunteers work one-on-one with students. (Photo credit: 成人快播)
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. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has provided聽, individualized literacy tutoring to nearly 45,000 elementary school students in under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit聽to learn more about our聽, or connect with us on聽,听,, and聽.
