Our mission is to help children from low-income families acquire the necessary skills in academics and social interaction to move successfully through grades K-12 and into adulthood. We do this by providing after school and summer programs which emphasize literacy and community involvement and use the talents of teachers, volunteer tutors, adult caregivers and a variety of local support services.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Welcoming a New Year!

What a wonderful beginning to a hopeful new year! We at the Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center hope that each of you had a most wonderful Holiday Season. We look forward this year to not only welcoming the students back into the routine and learning experiences offered every day after school but also look forward to welcoming you, our amazing volunteers!

In reflecting upon this past year and all of the wonderful stages of growth we have embraced and thrived within, I am so deeply encouraged. I am consistently encouraged by the many university students we have welcomed over the year and look forward to welcoming more in the coming semesters. I am often in awe by the significant number of high school students who often put aside personal ambitions to serve and develop relationships with GECRC students. I am most often amazed at the men and women who make GECRC a part of their weekly schedule and are without flaw when you look at their consistent volunteer attendance. I cannot express enough how grateful I am for all of your committed time, energy and willingness to serve.

Still, the need for more consistent volunteers continues. As life changes, sport seasons happen, transitions occur and classes begin and end, GECRC continues to experience an on-going need for volunteers to serve our students each and every day. Although our long-term goal and hope is that we would be able to provide one-on-one service to each and every student, we are far from that goal and we need your help!

If you have any volunteer recommendations or ideas of how to rope in amazing volunteers who are keen on empowering students to succeed academically through after-school tutoring and cultural enrichment opportunities - we would LOVE to have them join us.

If you have any suggestions of how to better increase our communication with you- our most prized possession, we would love to know!

We look forward to hearing from each of you over the coming weeks and can't wait to welcome you back!


P.S. Classes begin today! Monday, January 4th at 3:30pm! A January calendar will be sent out in next weeks Volunteer E-Note with more information.
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