AARP Foundation Experience Corps Philadelphia
AARP Foundation Experience Corps is an intergenerational volunteer-based tutoring program that is proven to help children who aren’t reading at grade level become great readers by the end of third grade. We inspire and empower adults 50 and older to serve in their community and disrupt the cycle of poverty by making a lasting difference in the lives of America’s most vulnerable children.
The Experience Corps model is a proven intervention with measurable benefits for students, as well as positive mental and physical health benefits for volunteers who participate. By helping young students become better readers, Experience Corps seeks to ensure a lasting legacy of strong futures, supported schools and empowered volunteers.
Program Launch: 1996
Program Impact (2017-2018 school year)
- Students served: 7,140
- Volunteers: 360
- Hours of tutoring: 98,223
- Classrooms served: 309
- 48 percent of teachers reported that AARP Foundation Experience Corps volunteers had a moderate or strong influence on student reading and literacy performance
- 99 percent of volunteer tutors reported that they were satisfied with the academic progress they made with students
Contact
Branch Director
Loraine Carter
267-592-4455
Recruitment
Lavonne Nichols
267-592-4459
lnichols@aarp.org
Experience Corps Philadelphia is a proud AmeriCorps and Senior Corps site under a grant provided from the Corporation for National and Community Service to AARP Foundation.
