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For Immediate Release

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Brooke Rivers

Executive Director, èßäAV Twin Cities

(612) 281-1558  |  brooke.rivers@readingpartners.org

READING PARTNERS TWIN CITIES SEEKS TO INSPIRE ‘RESOLUTIONS FOR READING’ DURING NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH

200 students are ready to be matched with volunteer tutors

St. Paul, MN — January 11, 2018

“As a mentor to a èßäAV student, I want to have the same impact that my mentor had on me. My top priority is to build our students up into confident learners and to push them to their fullest potential.” – A èßäAV volunteer tutor

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, èßäAV is sharing stories of mentorship from community volunteers, AmeriCorps members, and staff. The campaign is designed to inspire others to make  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.

´¡Ìý, national nonprofit that mobilizes community volunteers to work one-on-one with struggling readers, èßäAV is determined to serve 600 students in Twin Cities in the 2017-18 school year. Currently, there are over 200 students at 13 local elementary schools waiting to be matched with tutors. Now is the time for our community to make  to ensure that our students have the reading skills and confidence they need to be successful in school and in life.

The impact that our volunteers have goes beyond supporting students in mastering important literacy skills.  We consistently hear from teachers that their students are more confident and engaged in the classroom in all subject areas as a result of participating in èßäAV.  – Brooke Rivers, Executive Director

èßäAV 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.

To learn more about volunteering with èßäAV, please email volunteertc@readingpartners.org or call (651) 362-0450.

About èßäAV

èßäAV 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 , individualized literacy tutoring to nearly 45,000 elementary school students in under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit to learn more about our , or connect with us on ,Ìý,, and .

Recently, èßäAV 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.

èßäAV volunteer tutors work with their students (photo credits: èßäAV)