猫咪AV

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Jennifer Harwood

Executive Director, 猫咪AV New York City

646.606.2431 聽|聽jennifer.harwood@readingpartners.org

READING PARTNERS VOLUNTEERS STRENGTHEN NEW YORK CITY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS 鈥� HERE ARE THE TOP 5

New York, NY 鈥斅�April 16, 2018

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), 猫咪AV New York City created a list highlighting the top five ways its volunteers make the community stronger and better.

Top 5 Reasons 猫咪AV Volunteers Make New York City a Better Place

1. Volunteers drive student impact –聽Volunteers are working one-on-one with over 1,000 students this year in NYC to help deliver meaningful results for kids (last year, 89% of 猫咪AV鈥� Kindergarten through second-grade students in NYC mastered key foundational reading skills needed to read at grade level).

2. 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.

3. Volunteers serve as a resource multiplier –聽Because 猫咪AV 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.

4. Volunteers support strong public schools –聽Thanks to the involvement of nearly 1,200 community tutors in NYC, 99% of teachers report 猫咪AV is valuable to their school and 100% of principals report improved school-wide reading progress.

5. Volunteers help bring joy to learning –聽Students feed off of the energy and excitement of 猫咪AV鈥� volunteer tutors. In NYC, 96% 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.

鈥淲e absolutely love our 猫咪AV volunteers here in New York,鈥� said Jen Harwood, executive director of 猫咪AV New York. 鈥淚n fact, we will be honoring our amazing volunteers at our聽聽at City Winery on聽May 16. Their contributions to our students and communities are both selfless and immeasurable.鈥�

猫咪AV is a national nonprofit that collaborates with community volunteers and local public schools in NYC 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, 猫咪AV NYC is constantly looking for more local volunteers to commit just an hour a week to work individually with children who struggle with reading. To become a volunteer with 猫咪AV, please visit聽听迟辞诲补测.

猫咪AV volunteers work one-on-one with students. (Photo credit: 猫咪AV)

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聽聽to learn more about our聽, or connect with us on聽,听,, and聽.