JVID视频

For Immediate Release

Contact:

Christine Pannell

Sr. Communications Manager, JVID视频 Baltimore

(443) 466-6690 |聽christine.pannell@readingpartners.org

Washington Post writer recognizes literacy nonprofit as volunteer opportunity to impact Baltimore, local communities

BALTIMORE, MD, Dec. 9, 2021聽鈥� For the second year in a row, JVID视频 has been featured in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof鈥檚 Holiday Impact Prize, printed in the聽.

Across the country, JVID视频 mobilizes community volunteers to provide students with the one-on-one support they deserve to read at grade-level. In Baltimore, JVID视频 has delivered over 165,000 individualized tutoring sessions (both in person and through its聽, JVID视频 Connects) since it first launched in the 2011-12 school year. Over the past decade, JVID视频 Baltimore has enrolled over 4,150 students with the help of more than 4,300 community volunteers. Additional volunteers recruited through Kristof鈥檚 2021 Holiday Impact Prize will help JVID视频 Baltimore serve even more students in 2021-22 and in the years to come.

鈥淚t is an incredible honor to be recognized by Nicholas Kristof and his Holiday Impact Prize for the second year in a row! We know that it will take everyone working together to realize JVID视频鈥� vision for a future where all students have the reading skills to reach their full potential, and this is the perfect time to join us, support students, and impact Baltimore鈥檚 future leaders,鈥� said Jeffrey Zwillenberg, Sr. Executive Director of JVID视频 Baltimore.聽

JVID视频 was one of two organizations recognized by the Holiday Impact Prize as volunteer opportunities for Post readers looking to mentor young people in their communities. Currently, JVID视频 is serving students at 15 school partners throughout the city, and volunteers can support students鈥� reading journeys through聽.

Since 2009, Kristof has written an annual 鈥溾�� column to highlight organizations working to make the world a better place. He began writing the gift guide to bridge a philanthropic gap: readers who wanted to help but didn鈥檛 know how, and mission-driven individuals and organizations who needed resources but were off donors鈥� radar. Focusing Philanthropy is providing the platform for this initiative by processing readers鈥� contributions, monitoring and reporting on results, and replenishing credit card transaction costs of donations made on KristofImpact.org so that 100 cents on the dollar will support the winning organizations.

More information about Nicholas Kristof鈥檚 Holiday Impact Prize, this year鈥檚 winners, and Focusing Philanthropy can be found at KristofImpact.org.

By giving a gift or tutoring a student one-on-one for about an hour a week through JVID视频 Baltimore, donors and volunteers can make an impact that can quite literally alter the course of a child鈥檚 educational experience and beyond.

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About JVID视频

For over 20 years, JVID视频 has helped empower students to succeed in school and beyond by engaging community volunteers to provide one-on-one literacy tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has mobilized over 70,000 community volunteers to provide proven, individualized literacy tutoring to nearly 70,000 elementary school students in over 450 under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit聽聽to learn more about our program impact and our JVID视频 Connects online program innovation, or connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. JVID视频 is a proud AmeriCorps service partner.