Community Support Needed to Secure One-Million Dollar AmeriCorps Grant to Prepare LAUSD Students With Necessary Literacy and Math Skills.Business Editors/Education Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002 You can make a real difference in a child's life. More than 30 percent of the students in the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. (LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) ) drop out before they reach graduation. "Our children need to be equipped with necessary literacy and math skills if they are to graduate high school and become contributing members of the community," comments Carole Donahue, director of volunteers for LAUSD. As part of this effort, LAUSD's Volunteer Office is applying for a one-million-dollar AmeriCorps national service grant. The local community has to match the grant with $150,000 in cash and $333,000 in-kind donations. "We are seeking critical support from individuals, small businesses, major corporations, professionals and nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. ," says Donahue. The deadline for submitting the grant is December 18. In-kind support can include equipment, office supplies Office supplies is the generic term that refers to all supplies regularly used in offices by businesses and other organizations, from private citizens to governments, who works with the collection, refinement, and output of information (colloquially referred to as "paper work"). , educational resources or the volunteer service of employees from area businesses. AmeriCorps is the domestic Peace Corps and according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Donahue, "AmeriCorps funds will be used to create 400 part-time mentor positions for college students, seniors and other members of the community. Mentors work one-to-one with mentees who are struggling students who want to improve their grades," says Donahue. In addition to a monthly stipend sti·pend n. A fixed and regular payment, such as a salary for services rendered or an allowance. [Middle English stipendie, from Old French, from Latin st , mentors will receive an educational grant. According to a Louis Harris Louis Harris (born 6 January 1921) is an American opinion-polling entrepreneur, journalist, and author. He ran one of the best-known polling organizations of his time, Louis Harris and Associates (LHA) which conducted so-called Harris polls. Poll, 59 percent of students who had a mentor improved their grades and 87 percent went directly to college or planned to go within one year of graduation. The LAUSD AmeriCorps program would be one of the largest in the country. AmeriCorps, created in 1993, is a network of national service programs that engage more than 50,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps members serve through more than 2,100 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based organizations. They tutor and mentor youth, build affordable housing, teach computer skills, clean parks and streams, run after-school programs, and help communities respond to disasters. For information on making a cash or in-kind contribution to the LAUSD AmeriCorps program, contact the Volunteer Office at 213-241-6900. |
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