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18 people are interested
Tutor children from Anacostia on Capitol Hill
ORGANIZATION: Horton's Kids, Inc
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18 people are interested
Horton’s Kids seeks to empower at-risk children and prepare them for successful and healthy lives through educational opportunities and comprehensive programs tailored to their needs. Serving 500 children in grades K-12, Horton’s Kids provides children with year-round programs focused on three areas: academic supports, enrichment opportunities, and health and basic needs. On Monday and Tuesday evenings, from December to June, Horton's Kids brings busloads of children from Anacostia to Capitol Hill for one-on-one tutoring by great volunteers from all over the DC area. You can tutor every week or just occasionally. We meet at the intersection of Independence Ave and New Jersey Ave and tutor the children in the Rayburn House Office Building, just a couple blocks from the Capitol South metro stop. We are looking for volunteers for the 2013-14 year! Visit http://www.hortonskids.org/get-involved/volunteer/volunteer-center/ for more information!
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About Horton's Kids, Inc
Location:
100 Maryland Ave, NE, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20002, US
Mission Statement
Horton’s Kids empowers children growing up in one of DC’s most violent, under-resourced communities so that they graduate from high school ready for success in college, career, and life. We serve 500 children in grades K-12 living in Wellington Park, a neighborhood where 80 percent of adults don’t have a high school diploma and the average annual household income is less than $10,000. With support from committed volunteers, Horton’s Kids’ goal is to change the life trajectory of children by providing academic, youth development, and health and basic needs supports. Our impact is dramatic: in fact, children in Horton’s Kids are twice as likely to graduate from high school.
Description
Horton’s Kids empowers children living in one of Washington, DC’s most under-resourced communities so that they graduate from high school ready for success in college, career, and life. We are a community-based organization that serves 500 children, grades K through 12. , living in an isolated neighborhood called Wellington Park in Washington, DC’s Ward 8. The children we serve live in a community with one of the highest rates of violent crime in DC, where the average family income is less than $10,000 per year. Horton's Kids operates a safe and welcoming Community Resource Center just steps from where the children live. In our 28-year history, we’ve shown enormous outcomes: the high school graduation rate for Horton’s Kids participants is nearly twice the neighborhood average.
Activities center on traditional tutoring and mentoring activities, ensuring fundamental needs are met such as adequate health care, food and clothing, serving as advocates for the children in the school system and other settings, and offering activities and challenging opportunities to enhance the childrens' education, expand their minds and expose them to the possibilities of a wider world.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Rayburn House Office Building50 Independence Ave SWWashington, DC 20003
DATE POSTED
January 6, 2015
SKILLS
- Tutoring
- General Education
- Mentoring
- Literacy / Reading
- Math / Science Instruction
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- At least 1 year