Tutors Needed- "I Have a Dream" Foundation

The “I Have a Dream”® Foundation of Boulder County needs volunteer tutors to work with low-income, at-risk students in Boulder County. “I Have a Dream”, a school drop-out prevention program for low-income youth, uses academic support programs, long-term mentoring relationships and the guarantee of a tuition-assistance scholarship to help children achieve their dreams.After-school programs exist for all Dreamers, ages 8 to 17. Tutoring is held after school each day at six learning centers in the cities of Boulder, Longmont and Lafayette. Tutoring commitments are one to two times a week for a minimum of one semester. Volunteers are needed between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m. Bilingual volunteers speaking English and Spanish are especially needed.Volunteer orientation/training sessions will be held at the “I Have a Dream” ® office, 2515 East Sterling Circle, Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80301, on the following dates and times:
Tuesday 9/16 @5:00 pm
Thursday 9/18 @5:30pm
Monday 9/22 @1:00 pm
Thursday 9/25 @ 9:00am
Monday 9/29 @ 9:00am.....Reservations for training sessions are required and can be made by calling Becca Weaver at 303-444-3636 Ext. 17 or
e-mailing at becca.weaver@ihadboulder.org.About The “I Have a Dream”® Foundation of Boulder County (IHAD)
Since 1990, the “I Have a Dream”® Foundation of Boulder County has helped 400 children from low-income areas achieve their education and career goals by providing long-term personal and academic support, tutoring, mentoring and four-year tuition-assistant scholarships to each graduating student. The organization adopts entire groups of students from elementary schools, or from low-income public housing sites and works with these children and their families through high school. Currently, there are classes in Boulder, Longmont and Lafayette.The program doubled expected graduation rates for its first three graduating classes of students, and awards over $90,000 in scholarships each year. The program follows the national model established in New York in 1981 by founder Eugene Lang. Since then, 180 Projects nationwide have helped more than 13,500 students. The “I Have a Dream”® Foundation of Boulder County’s main office is located at 2515 E. Sterling Circle, Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80301.For more information about the “I Have a Dream”® Foundation, call 303-444-3636 or visit www.ihadboulder.org.