"It's like a job. You have goals. You see results" -Yuriy, Experience Corps Member

The Experience Corps program in Mesa is hosted by Hands On Greater Phoenix, Mesa Community College, and Mesa Public Schools, and sponsored by the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. The program serves students in fourth grade, where members work at the direction of the teacher to support student literacy with a focus on increasing student achievement. The program currently operates in two elementary schools within the Mesa Public School District.

Experience Corps is implemented in a three-way partnership between Mesa Community College (MCC), Mesa Public Schools (MPS) and Hands On Greater Phoenix.

MCC serves more than 25,000 students at three centers in Mesa. MPS is the state´s largest school district with more than 74,000 students - 9,300 of whom are English language learners representing more than 52 languages, with the majority speaking Spanish - attending 80 different sites.

MPS is the host site for the project and provides fiscal and instructional support. Hands On Phoenix provides volunteer resources to 300 community service organizations.