volunteer tutors needed, Community Women’s Education Project

Posted by on March 26, 2012

Volunteers Needed!

The Community Women’s Education Project (CWEP) is a community‐based education organization that addresses the social and economic inequities that affect at‐risk families. Founded in 1977, CWEP provides a continuum of education programs, vital support services, and connections to the workplace that have enabled over 17,000 adults to prepare for and obtain sustainable employment. CWEP’s mission is to help low‐income women in Philadelphia improve their life skills, acquire a family‐sustaining wage, and achieve self‐sufficiency by providing educational and supportive services in a personalized and welcoming environment. In addition to adult education programs, CWEP’s historic facility in Kensington houses a Head Start and nationally accredited child care center. Volunteers are an invaluable resource for CWEP’s staff and clients; they are central to CWEP’s daily operations and ultimate success. CWEP is currently seeking volunteers to work as tutors in their adult GED preparation courses. Volunteer tutors will work with instructors to offer one‐on‐one assistance in the areas of reading, writing, math, science, and/or English language development to adults preparing for their GED. These courses meet Mondays through Thursdays from 9am‐noon. Tutors are also needed to provide additional support to individual students outside of scheduled class hours. In addition to GED tutoring, opportunities are also available for volunteers to create their own volunteer work within the scope of the services CWEP offers. CWEP asks that all volunteers commit to working approximately 2 hours a week for a minimum of 8 weeks. Volunteering at CWEP offers the opportunity to positively contribute to an individual’s life by assisting them on their journey to earn their high school equivalency diploma, to improve their competency with English, to qualify for jobs and job training programs and gain family‐sustaining employment, and to prepare for college. Through their work at CWEP, volunteers build rewarding relationships with the individuals with whom they work and they gain the exposure, insight, and compassion necessary to be life‐long advocates for systemic change on poverty policy, regardless of the professional path they ultimately pursue. To find out more information about CWEP go to http://www.cwep.org or contact Amy Bach at: bachaj@hotmail.com. We hope you will consider volunteering for this important community organization.