猫咪AV

For Immediate Release

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Maris Goodstein

Executive Director, 猫咪AV New York City

646.606.2431聽聽| 聽聽maris.goodstein@readingpartners.org

READING PARTNERS NEW YORK CITY SEEKS TO INSPIRE 鈥楻ESOLUTIONS FOR READING鈥� DURING NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH

300 students are ready to be matched with volunteer tutors

New York, NY —聽January 10, 2018

“Mr. Matt was one of my first [tutors] here and he鈥檚 one of the reasons why I like reading now. I appreciate him because he took the time out of his life just to be with me and help me learn, because without him I don鈥檛 think I鈥檇 be passing the grade. I don鈥檛 know much about role models, but I know he gets me. He understands me.鈥澛�– Student at PS 188

Each year, National Mentoring Month celebrates the power of mentoring relationships and calls for more people to play a supportive role in the lives of children. This January, 猫咪AV is sharing stories of mentorship from community volunteers, AmeriCorps members, and staff. The campaign is designed to inspire others to make聽聽in the new year by providing students in under-resourced schools with the tutoring and mentorship they need to become proficient readers by the fourth grade.

础听, national nonprofit that mobilizes community volunteers to work one-on-one with struggling readers, 猫咪AV is determined to serve 1,070 students in New York City in the 2017-18 school year. Currently, there are over 300 students at 19 local elementary schools waiting to be matched with tutors. Now is the time for our community to make聽Resolutions for Readingto ensure that our students have the reading skills and confidence they need to be successful in school and in life.

鈥淰olunteers are the heart and engine of 猫咪AV鈥� program,鈥� said Maris Goodstein, executive director of 猫咪AV New York. 鈥淭heir commitment to mentoring and tutoring students as they acquire the critical literacy skills necessary for success is truly priceless.鈥�

猫咪AV volunteers utilize an easy-to-follow, individualized lesson plan each week in order to meet students at their level and help them make the critical transition from learning to read to reading to learn.

猫咪AV New York City has an immediate need for volunteer tutors who can commit at least an hour a week to work with students in the following schools:

Bronx

• Hyde Leadership Charter School –聽

• PS 48X Joseph R. Drake School –聽

Brooklyn

• PS 7K Abraham Lincoln School –聽

• PS 54 Samuel C. Barnes School –聽

• PS 305 Dr. Peter Ray –聽

• PS K315 The School of the Performing Arts –聽

• PS 158 Warwick –聽

Queens

• PS 40 Q Samuel Huntington School –聽

• PS 48 William Wordsworth Elementary School –聽

• PS 160 Walter Francis Bishop Magnet School of the Arts –聽

To learn more about volunteering with 猫咪AV, please email聽volunteerNY@readingpartners.org聽or call聽(646) 395-3831.

About 猫咪AV

猫咪AV 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.

Recently, 猫咪AV was recognized as a Best Practice Honoree during the 2017 Library of Congress Literacy Awards. The 2017 awards program honored 15 organizations for outstanding work in the field of literacy and implementation of best practices in literacy promotion.

猫咪AV volunteer tutors work with their students (photo credits: 猫咪AV)