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

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Program Impact

Minneapolis/St. Paul Program Impact In the 2007-2008 school year:

  • 95% of teachers agreed that having an Experience Corps member in the classroom improved the overall learning environment.

  • 100% of Experience Corps members reported being satisfied with their experience.

  • 85% of members agree that their service was useful to the community.

  • 100% of members agreed that their service was useful to the school and the students served.

  • 98% of members say that Experience Corps enabled them to better understand the needs of students.

  • 96% agreed that tutoring with Experience Corps increased their understanding of the value of service.

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    Awards

    Experience Corps member Frank Johnson was chosen as one of the "Eleven Who Care" volunteer award winners from local TV channel, KARE 11 (NBC) in 2002.

    Experience Corps member Valdeck Jackson received a 2005 MetLife Foundation Older Volunteers Enrich America Award, one of the highest national honors available to older Americans in service. Valdeck has been an Experience Corps member since the organization's inception and has given more than 4,500 hours of service to Lucy Laney Elementary School in Minneapolis.
     
    Janet Triplett
    Project Director
    Volunteers of America of Minnesota
    Phone: 612-617-7827
    jtriplett@voamn.org

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    "In the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program around is a world-class education. And in this country, the success of our children cannot depend more on where they live than on their potential."

    -President Obama, "State of the Union," January 27, 2010
    "Together, we can continue our commitment to education innovation by investing in Experience Corps, a program that helps elementary students by increasing the number of older adult tutors and mentors in the classroom. Independent research shows that Experience Corps works: Third-grade reading and math scores are rising and students feel safer at school."

    -Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, State of the City Speech, February 22, 2010