Welcome

Welcome and thank you for visiting Experience Corps on the web. On this site, through these windows, you can read all about our beginnings, our size and scope, and our projects around the country. You can read about the impact of Experience Corps on student achievement (PDF) and on the Corps members themselves. You can read what principals and others have to say about us. And I hope you will.

But to get the full picture, I hope you’ll spend a few minutes with our members – the individuals who bring their experience, their dedication, and their hearts to work in urban public schools every day. You’ll find extraordinary photos of them all over our site and their stories here.

A full view of Experience Corps will reveal for you the powerful, almost magical connection between the older adults and young children, the passion and commitment of Experience Corps members to the future of their communities, the leadership they exhibit every day, and the value of their service to their own health and well-being.

A full view of Experience Corps will reinforce for you the big idea behind our program and our parent organization, Civic Ventures – the idea that once we as a nation see the aging of America as an opportunity and older Americans as natural resources, we can begin to solve some of our most pressing social problems. We can begin to see a more optimistic future for all.

So look through the windows. Read the stories. I think you will see lives improving, you will sense communities rebuilding, and you will feel hope rising.

John S. Gomperts
CEO, Experience Corps

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