Top 5 Reasons JVID视频 Volunteers Make Seattle a Better Place
April 18, 2018
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Cassy Charyn,
Interim Executive Director, JVID视频 Seattle
(206) 335-6699 |聽cassy.charyn@readingpartners.
Seattle, WA 鈥斅�April 17, 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), JVID视频 Seattle created a list highlighting the top five ways its volunteers make the community stronger and better.
Top 5 Reasons JVID视频 Volunteers Make Seattle a Better Place
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Volunteers drive student impact –聽Volunteers are working one-on-one with 200 students this year in Seattle to help deliver meaningful results for kids (last year, nearly 90% of JVID视频鈥� Kindergarten through second-grade students in Seattle mastered key foundational reading skills needed to read at grade level).
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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.
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Volunteers serve as a resource multiplier –聽Because JVID视频 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.
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Volunteers support strong public schools –聽Thanks to the involvement of 280 community tutors in Seattle, 98% of teachers report JVID视频 is valuable to their school and 100% of principals report improved school-wide reading progress.
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Volunteers help bring joy to learning –聽Students feed off of the energy and excitement of JVID视频鈥� volunteer tutors. In Seattle, 95% 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.
“We are humbled by the efforts of our Seattle volunteers every day,鈥� said Cassy Charyn, Interim Executive Director of JVID视频 Seattle. 鈥淭he care and compassion our volunteers bring into our schools is energizing and inspiring, and makes a huge difference for our students.”
JVID视频 is a national nonprofit that collaborates with community volunteers and local public schools in Seattle 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, JVID视频 Seattle is actively seeking local volunteers for the upcoming 2018-2019 school year, which begins in mid-September. Any interested volunteers, are encouraged to sign up on our website,听.
JVID视频 volunteers work one-on-one with students. (Photo credit: JVID视频)
About JVID视频
JVID视频 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.
